This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within exec.jsp. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-4749.
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-950 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-02 | third party advisory |