What is CVE-2016-11017?

CVE-2016-11017 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Akips Network Monitor, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-11017?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Akips Network Monitor

CVE-2016-11017

The application login page in AKIPS Network Monitor 15.37 through 16.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the username parameter (a failed login attempt returns the command-injection output to a limited login failure field). This is fixed in 16.6.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.044 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Akips Network_monitor
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-11017?: CVE-2016-11017 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Akips Network Monitor, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-11017?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.