Sophos Web Appliance up to 3.7.7 address os command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Web Appliance up to 3.7.7. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument address results in os command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-2850. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Web Appliance up to 3.7.7. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument address with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

The network interface configuration page (netinterface) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the address parameter.

The weakness was released 04/11/2014 by Brandon Perry (Website). The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-2850 since 04/11/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.7.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (32789), SecurityFocus (BID 66734†) and Secunia (SA57706†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-12864. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Appliance 3.7.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Brandon Perry
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2850 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2850
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69306
SecurityFocus: 66734
Secunia: 57706 - Sophos Web Appliance Security Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/10/2026 12:23
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (54), 03/03/2018 08:07 (9), 07/06/2025 04:40 (18), 05/10/2026 12:23 (1)
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