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CVE-2016-9683

CRITICAL

The SonicWall Secure Remote Access server (version 8.1.0.2-14sv) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface. This vulnerability occurs in the 'extensionsettings' CGI (/cgi-bin/extensionsettings) component responsible for handling some of the server's internal configurations. The CGI application doesn't properly escape the information it's passed when processing a particular multi-part form request involving scripts. The filename of the 'scriptname' variable is read in unsanitized before a call to system() is performed - allowing for remote command injection. Exploitation of this vulnerability yields shell access to the remote machine under the nobody user account. This is SonicWall Issue ID 181195.

Published: Feb 22, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-77

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
dell sonicwall_secure_remote_access_server 8.1.0.2-14sv

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-gmgj-6mhv-x5q4

The SonicWall Secure Remote Access server (version 8.1.0.2-14sv) is vulnerable to a Remote...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 11.55%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 42.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub