What is CVE-2018-16216?

CVE-2018-16216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Audiocodes 405hd, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2019-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-16216?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

RCE in Audiocodes 405hd

CVE-2018-16216

A command injection (missing input validation, escaping) in the monitoring or memory status web interface in AudioCodes 405HD (firmware 2.2.12) VoIP phone allows an authenticated remote attacker in the same network as the device to trigger OS commands (like starting telnetd or opening a reverse shell) via a POST request to the web server. In combination with another attack (unauthenticated password change), the attacker can circumvent the authentication requirement.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.041 (89.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Audiocodes 405hd
Audiocodes 405hd_firmware — versions 2.2.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16216?: CVE-2018-16216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Audiocodes 405hd, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2019-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-16216?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.