CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-16117
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-06-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the "dbName" POST parameter.
Affected configurations
• sophos sfos (<= 17.0)
• sophos sfos 17.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.md Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx Vendor Advisory
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.md Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx Vendor Advisory