CVE-2016-5685 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Dell iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 devices with firmware before 2.40.40.40 allow authenticated users to gain Bash shell access through a string injection.

Published: 2016-11-29

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Dell EMC

iDRAC7 and iDRAC8

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`firmware before 2.40.40.40`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:dell:idrac7_firmware::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:dell:idrac8_firmware::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:h:dell:idrac7:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:dell:idrac8:-:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6628	Dell iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 devices with firmware before 2.40.40.40 allow authenticated users to gain Bash shell access through a string injection.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01757.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20443326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94585

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Dell Idrac7 Idrac7 Firmware Idrac8 Idrac8 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2016-11-29T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:08:00.545Z

Reserved: 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5685

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-29T15:59:00.200

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:49:52.347

Link: CVE-2016-5685

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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