CVE-2016-0291 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0291?

CVE-2016-0291 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM BigFix Platform 9.0, 9.1 before 9.1.8, and 9.2 before 9.2.8 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging report server access. IBM X-Force ID: 111302.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0291?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0291 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-2016-0291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-6082 Use after free in BigFix Platform Critical 10.0
• CVE-2018-1475 Security feature bypass in BigFix Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1221 Weak cryptography in BigFix Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-4013 File upload in BigFix Platform Critical 9.0
• CVE-2018-1479 Cross-site request forgery in BigFix Platform High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fj48-9cfm-37x5.