CVE-2017-6183 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.

Published: 2017-03-30

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 3.2% 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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15248	In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03211.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2

History

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Subscriptions

Sophos Web Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-30T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:47.749Z

Reserved: 2017-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6183

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-30T17:59:00.243

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:21:54.067

Link: CVE-2017-6183

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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