High severity · published May 7, 2016
CVE-2016-2353
The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows local users to add an SSH key to an arbitrary group, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows local users to add an SSH key to an arbitrary group, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FT
File Transfer Appliance · Accellion
through 9_11_210 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2353
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2353
Exploit
http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-script-eng-ver/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560
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