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CVE-2013-4984

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78 OS Command Injections
Publication date:
10/09/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.7.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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