Format string error in cPanel - CVE-2016-10773

 

Format string error in cPanel - CVE-2016-10773

Published: August 5, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30874
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10773
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: cPanel, Inc
Affected software:
cPanel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 60.0.25 allows format-string injection in exception-message handling (SEC-171).


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10773

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources