CVE-2016-1339 Command injection in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting command injection in the UCS Platform Emulator via crafted arguments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-1339?

CVE-2016-1339 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Platform Emulator 2.5(2)TS4, 3.0(2c)A, and 3.0(2c)TS9 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted arguments on a ucspe-copy command line, aka Bug ID CSCux68832.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1339?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1339?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1339 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-2016-1339 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1339 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4v34-q2vw-9m7j.

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