Code injection in FreePBX - CVE-2014-7235
Published: January 24, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5362
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7235
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in the legacy FreePBX ARI Framework module/Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI). A remote attacker can bypass the authentication process and execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Affected software
FreePBX
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7235
Update to version 2.12.0.5 or later.