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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2017-6184

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via the token parameter, aka NSWA-1303.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
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CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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