THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-5679
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-5679

Nvrmini 2 vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
14.1%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Nuuo
Affected product
Nvrmini 2
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2016-08-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-5679

  • Confirm whether Nuuo Nvrmini 2 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5679.
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