High severity · published Mar 3, 2017
CVE-2016-7408
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument
8.8
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Dropbear Ssh · Dropbear Ssh Project
through 2016.73 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7408
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353
Issue Tracking
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6
Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23
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