CVE-2016-8523 Command injection in Smart Storage Administrator
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on systems running HPE Smart Storage Administrator via command injection.
- 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-2016-8523?
CVE-2016-8523 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Smart Storage Administrator, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Smart Storage Administrator version before v2.60.18.0 was found.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8523?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Smart Storage Administrator.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8523 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-2016-8523 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8523 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65fv-3v96-h767.