RCE in Sophos Web Appliance
CVE-2017-6183
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261 (vdb-entry)
- community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6183?
- CVE-2017-6183 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-03-30.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6183?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.