Remote Command Injection Vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance
CVE-2016-9553

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Sophos
Status
Web Appliance
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-9553?

The Sophos Web Appliance is affected by a Remote Command Injection vulnerability within its web administrative interface. Specifically, two vulnerabilities exist in the MgrReport.php component, which handles the blocking and unblocking of IP addresses. The system fails to properly sanitize user inputs from the 'unblockip' and 'blockip' variables before executing them via the shell_exec() function. This oversight allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands into the system. Although the variable name 'escapedips' implies some level of protection, the actual implementation is flawed, exposing the device to exploitation.

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References

http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1....
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853
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https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blo...
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EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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