CVE-2017-2736 Command injection in VCM5010

High 7.2 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands on Huawei VCM5010 devices due to insufficient input validation.

Exploited in the wild
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Attackable
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Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-2736?

CVE-2017-2736 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VCM5010, published on 22 Nov 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VCM5010 with software versions earlier before V100R002C50SPC100 has a command injection vulnerability. This is due to insufficient validation of user's input. An authenticated attacker could launch a command injection attack.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2736?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Vcm5010 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2736?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2736 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-2017-2736 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2736 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gfr3-86vc-g2m4.

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