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

CVE-2019-16639

High
9.8/10

Summary

An issue was found on the Ruijie EG-2000 series gateway. There is a newcli.php API interface without access control, which can allow an attacker (who only has web interface access) to use TELNET commands and/or show admin passwords via the mode_url=exec&command= substring. This affects EG-2000SE EG_RGOS 11.9 B11P1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-78 - OS Command Injection

The OS command injection weakness (also known as shell injection) is a vulnerability which enables an attacker to run arbitrary OS commands on a server. This is done by modifying the intended downstream OS command and injecting arbitrary commands, enabling the execution of unauthorized OS commands. This has the potential to fully compromise the application along with all of its data, and, if the compromised process does not follow the principle of least privileges, it may compromise other parts of the hosting infrastructure as well. This weakness is listed as number ten in the 'CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses'.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published