Shell Escape Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Admin Portal
CVE-2018-16117

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Sophos
Status
Sfos
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 June 2019

Summary

A shell escape vulnerability exists in the Admin Portal of Sophos XG Firewall version 17.0.8 MR-8. This issue allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands via crafted shell metacharacters in the 'dbName' POST parameter. Proper validation of input is essential to prevent unauthorized command execution that could compromise the firewall's integrity.

References

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-dis...
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https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/K...
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https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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