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.

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)

EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sophos Web_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.