9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2015-2857
Accellion File Transfer Appliance Shell Injection Vulnerability
Description

Accellion File Transfer Appliance before FTA_9_11_210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the oauth_token parameter.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 22, 2017, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 9, 2020, 3:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-2857 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Accellion file_transfer_appliance
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauth Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-2857 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-2857 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) fta_9_11_200 OR *cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9_11_200
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauth No Types Assigned http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauth Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857 No Types Assigned https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:fta_9_11_200:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.08 }} 0.26%

score

0.99539

percentile

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