CVE-2016-5679

high

Published 2016-08-31 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

9.0

VIR risk

8.8

Description

cgi-bin/cgi_main in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.6 through 3.0.0 and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the sn parameter to the transfer_license command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.1.2`

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/

CWEs

CWE-78

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