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CVE-2016-9683
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-22T05:59:00.200 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:25.963

Summary

The SonicWall Secure Remote Access server (version 8.1.0.2-14sv) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface. This vulnerability occurs in the 'extensionsettings' CGI (/cgi-bin/extensionsettings) component responsible for handling some of the server's internal configurations. The CGI application doesn't properly escape the information it's passed when processing a particular multi-part form request involving scripts. The filename of the 'scriptname' variable is read in unsanitized before a call to system() is performed - allowing for remote command injection. Exploitation of this vulnerability yields shell access to the remote machine under the nobody user account. This is SonicWall Issue ID 181195.

Affected products

dell — sonicwall_secure_remote_access_server

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