CVE-2017-7175

Nfsen vulnerability

CVSS

9.9

EPSS

6.5%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

NfSen before 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the customfmt parameter (aka the "Custom output format" field).

Affected vendor

Nfsen

Affected product

Nfsen

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Published

2017-07-10

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 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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