CVE-2017-8197 Command injection in FusionSphere
An authenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary system commands on Huawei FusionSphere NFV devices via crafted packets.
- 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-2017-8197?
CVE-2017-8197 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. FusionSphere, published on 22 Nov 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FusionSphere V100R006C00SPC102(NFV) has a command injection vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker could craft packets with malicious strings and send them to a target device. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to launch a command injection attack and execute system commands.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8197?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Fusionsphere.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8197?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8197 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-2017-8197 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8197 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. FusionSphere
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wj5p-9jj4-hjxr.