VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-4984

high
Published 2013-09-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.2

Description

The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/local/sophos_wpa_clear_keys rank 600
Sophos Web Protection Appliance clear_keys.pl Local Privilege Escalation
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
sophosweb_appliance{"endIncluding":"3.7.9"}
sophosweb_appliance3.0.0
sophosweb_appliance3.0.1
sophosweb_appliance3.0.1.1
sophosweb_appliance3.0.2
sophosweb_appliance3.0.3
sophosweb_appliance3.0.4
sophosweb_appliance3.0.5
sophosweb_appliance3.0.5.1
sophosweb_appliance3.1.0
sophosweb_appliance3.1.0.1
sophosweb_appliance3.1.1
sophosweb_appliance3.1.2
sophosweb_appliance3.1.3
sophosweb_appliance3.1.4
sophosweb_appliance3.2.1
sophosweb_appliance3.2.2
sophosweb_appliance3.2.2.1
sophosweb_appliance3.2.3
sophosweb_appliance3.2.4
sophosweb_appliance3.2.5
sophosweb_appliance3.2.6
sophosweb_appliance3.2.7
sophosweb_appliance3.3.0
sophosweb_appliance3.3.1
sophosweb_appliance3.3.2
sophosweb_appliance3.3.3
sophosweb_appliance3.3.3.1
sophosweb_appliance3.3.4
sophosweb_appliance3.3.5
sophosweb_appliance3.3.5.1
sophosweb_appliance3.3.6
sophosweb_appliance3.3.6.1
sophosweb_appliance3.4.0
sophosweb_appliance3.4.1
sophosweb_appliance3.4.2
sophosweb_appliance3.4.3
sophosweb_appliance3.4.3.1
sophosweb_appliance3.4.4
sophosweb_appliance3.4.5
sophosweb_appliance3.4.6
sophosweb_appliance3.4.7
sophosweb_appliance3.4.8
sophosweb_appliance3.5.0
sophosweb_appliance3.5.1
sophosweb_appliance3.5.1.1
sophosweb_appliance3.5.1.2
sophosweb_appliance3.5.2
sophosweb_appliance3.5.3
sophosweb_appliance3.5.4
sophosweb_appliance3.5.5
sophosweb_appliance3.5.6
sophosweb_appliance3.6.1
sophosweb_appliance3.6.1.1
sophosweb_appliance3.6.2
sophosweb_appliance3.6.2.1
sophosweb_appliance3.6.2.3
sophosweb_appliance3.6.2.4.0
sophosweb_appliance3.6.2.4.1
sophosweb_appliance3.6.3
sophosweb_appliance3.6.4
sophosweb_appliance3.6.4.1
sophosweb_appliance3.6.4.2
sophosweb_appliance3.7.0
sophosweb_appliance3.7.1
sophosweb_appliance3.7.2
sophosweb_appliance3.7.3
sophosweb_appliance3.7.4
sophosweb_appliance3.7.5
sophosweb_appliance3.7.6
sophosweb_appliance3.7.7
sophosweb_appliance3.7.8
sophosweb_appliance3.7.8.1
sophosweb_appliance3.7.8.2
sophosweb_appliance3.8.0
sophosweb_appliance3.8.1

References

CWEs

CWE-78 CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.