Sophos XG Firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 Admin Portal /webconsole/Controller dbName os command injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sophos XG Firewall 17.0.8 MR-8. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /webconsole/Controller of the component Admin Portal. Performing a manipulation of the argument dbName as part of Shell Metacharacter results in os command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-16117. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Sophos XG Firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the file /webconsole/Controller of the component Admin Portal. The manipulation of the argument dbName as part of a Shell Metacharacter leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the "dbName" POST parameter.

The weakness was shared 06/20/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at community.sophos.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16117 since 08/29/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-136778 and VDB-136780 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Firewall Software

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• Sophos

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• XG Firewall

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• 17.0.8 MR-8

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.sophos.com/

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