CVE-2017-6526 Command injection in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands via an exposed administrative web shell in dnaLIMS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-6526?

CVE-2017-6526 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to unauthenticated command execution through an improperly protected administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests).

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6526?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dnatools Dnalims.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6526?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6526 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-2017-6526 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-6526 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f6p8-j644-x53m.

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