7.2
HIGH
CVE-2016-9553
Sophos Web Appliance Remote Command Injection Vulnerabilities
Description

The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 28, 2017, 12:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 8, 2017, 5:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9553 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 Sophos web_appliance
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9553.

URL Resource
http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5 Exploit
http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1 Release Notes

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9553 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1 No Types Assigned https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5 No Types Assigned http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html No Types Assigned http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html Release Notes
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:4.2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853 [No Types Assigned]
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.

3.62 }} -0.63%

score

0.91787

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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