CVE-2016-5840 Command injection in n/a
Remote administrators can execute arbitrary code on Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector via shell metacharacters in the filename parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5840?
CVE-2016-5840 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jun 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hotfix_upload.cgi in Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector (DDI) 3.7, 3.8 SP1 (3.81), and 3.8 SP2 (3.82) allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5840 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-2016-5840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9gv-p869-cmw7.