THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7408
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7408

Dropbear Ssh vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
Affected vendor
Dropbear Ssh Project
Affected product
Dropbear Ssh
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-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2017-03-03

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 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7408

  • Confirm whether Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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