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CVE-2016-5679 (GCVE-0-2016-5679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-31 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2016-08-01 00:00
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