CVE-2017-6182

In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via functions, aka NSWA-1304.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/
http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-03-30 17:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-6182

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6182

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6182

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Products Affected

sophos

web_appliance

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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