CVE-2018-14417 Command injection in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the web administration console in SoftNAS Cloud.

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-2018-14417?

CVE-2018-14417 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A command injection vulnerability was found in the web administration console in SoftNAS Cloud before 4.0.3. In particular, the snserv script did not sanitize the 'recentVersion' parameter from the snserv endpoint, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root permissions.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14417?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Softnas Cloud.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14417 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-2018-14417 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-14417 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9m5c-7x86-6g8r.

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