What is CVE-2016-5679?

CVE-2016-5679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Readynas_surveillance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-5679?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5679 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Netgear Readynas_surveillance

CVE-2016-5679

cgi-bin/cgi_main in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.6 through 3.0.0 and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the sn parameter to the transfer_license command.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.155 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Readynas_surveillance — versions 1.1.2
Nuuo Nvrmini_2 — versions 1.7.6, 2.0.0, 2.2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

VU#856152 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
92318 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
40200 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5679?: CVE-2016-5679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Readynas_surveillance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-5679?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5679 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.