Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:62263

Info

Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 62263
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-4983
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 06 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 18 2013 12:11AM
Credit: Francisco Falcon from Core Exploit Writers Team
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Sophos Web Appliance is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the 'spiderman' operating system user.

Versions prior to Web Appliance 3.7.9.1 and 3.8.1.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

The following exploit codes are available:

Solution / Fix

Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Sophos Web Appliance CVE-2013-4983 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

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