THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-1000469
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-1000469

Cobbler vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.6%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Cobbler version up to 2.8.2 is vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability in the "add repo" component resulting in arbitrary code execution as root user.
Affected vendor
Cobbler Project
Affected product
Cobbler
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-01-03

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-1000469

  • Confirm whether Cobbler Project Cobbler is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-1000469.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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