Command injection in iDRAC8 and iDRAC7 - CVE-2016-5685

 

Command injection in iDRAC8 and iDRAC7 - CVE-2016-5685

Published: April 23, 2018 / Updated: February 21, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12103
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5685
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a string injection. A remote attacker can gain Bash shell access and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected software

iDRAC8
iDRAC7

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5685

Update to version 2.40.40.40.

iDRAC8 - update to 2.40.40.40
iDRAC7 - update to 2.40.40.40

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