CVE-2007-4390 Command injection in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local admin users can gain root privileges on BlueCat Adonis DNS/DHCP appliances via shell metacharacters in CLI commands.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-4390?

CVE-2007-4390 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Command Line Interface (CLI), aka Adonis Administration Console, on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8 allows local admin users to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system via shell metacharacters in a command.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4390?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bluecat Networks Adonis.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4390?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4390 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2007-4390 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4390 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vgxg-wwfg-46jp.

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