Vulnerability CVE-2016-2056
Published: 2016-04-13

Description:
xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the adduser_name argument in (1) web/useradm.c or (2) web/chpasswd.c.

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Topic
Author
Date
High
Xymon 4.3.x Buffer Overflow / Code Execution / Information Disclosure
Henrik Størner
16.02.2016

Type:

CWE-77

 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Xymon -> Xymon 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded
https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7892/
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