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

CVE-2017-8193

High
8/10

Summary

The FusionSphere OpenStack V100R006C00SPC102(NFV) has a command injection vulnerability. Due to the insufficient input validation on one port, an authenticated, local attacker may exploit the vulnerability to gain root privileges by sending message with malicious commands.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

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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  • Published