CVE-2015-2746 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary commands on Websense TRITON appliances via shell metacharacters in the network diagnostics tool.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-2746?

CVE-2015-2746 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "second" parameter of a command, as demonstrated by the Destination parameter in the ping command.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2746?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Websense Triton, Websense V-Series Appliances.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2746 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-2015-2746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-86h5-7c4r-g3gh.

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