CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-4984

7.2 HIGH Published 2013-09-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-09-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264, CWE-78

Description

The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.

Affected configurations

• sophos web appliance (<= 3.7.9) • sophos web appliance 3.0.0 • sophos web appliance 3.0.1 • sophos web appliance 3.0.1.1 • sophos web appliance 3.0.2 • sophos web appliance 3.0.3 • sophos web appliance 3.0.4 • sophos web appliance 3.0.5 • sophos web appliance 3.0.5.1 • sophos web appliance 3.1.0 • sophos web appliance 3.1.0.1 • sophos web appliance 3.1.1 • sophos web appliance 3.1.2 • sophos web appliance 3.1.3 • sophos web appliance 3.1.4 • sophos web appliance 3.2.1 • sophos web appliance 3.2.2 • sophos web appliance 3.2.2.1 • sophos web appliance 3.2.3 • sophos web appliance 3.2.4 • sophos web appliance 3.2.5 • sophos web appliance 3.2.6 • sophos web appliance 3.2.7 • sophos web appliance 3.3.0 • sophos web appliance 3.3.1 • sophos web appliance 3.3.2 • sophos web appliance 3.3.3 • sophos web appliance 3.3.3.1 • sophos web appliance 3.3.4 • sophos web appliance 3.3.5 • sophos web appliance 3.3.5.1 • sophos web appliance 3.3.6 • sophos web appliance 3.3.6.1 • sophos web appliance 3.4.0 • sophos web appliance 3.4.1 • sophos web appliance 3.4.2 • sophos web appliance 3.4.3 • sophos web appliance 3.4.3.1 • sophos web appliance 3.4.4 • sophos web appliance 3.4.5 • sophos web appliance 3.4.6 • sophos web appliance 3.4.7 • sophos web appliance 3.4.8 • sophos web appliance 3.5.0 • sophos web appliance 3.5.1 • sophos web appliance 3.5.1.1 • sophos web appliance 3.5.1.2 • sophos web appliance 3.5.2 • sophos web appliance 3.5.3 • sophos web appliance 3.5.4 • sophos web appliance 3.5.5 • sophos web appliance 3.5.6 • sophos web appliance 3.6.1 • sophos web appliance 3.6.1.1 • sophos web appliance 3.6.2 • sophos web appliance 3.6.2.1 • sophos web appliance 3.6.2.3 • sophos web appliance 3.6.2.4.0 • sophos web appliance 3.6.2.4.1 • sophos web appliance 3.6.3 … and 16 more

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References