PT-2016-1727 · Xymon+1 · Xymon+1

Jccleaver · Published 2016-02-26 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-2056

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xymon versions 4.1.x through 4.3.x before 4.3.25

Description The issue is related to the lack of input sanitization in the xymond component of the Xymon network monitoring tool. This allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands by using shell metacharacters in the adduser name argument in either web/useradm.c or web/chpasswd.c.

Recommendations For Xymon versions 4.1.x through 4.3.x before 4.3.25, update to version 4.3.25 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1161

BDU:2016-01053

CVE-2016-2056

DLA-488-1

DSA-3495-1

MGASA-2016-0177

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Xymon

References · 23

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/xymon_useradm_cmd_exec.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47114 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2056 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7892 · Patch
• https://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2056 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01053 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3495-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2056 · Vendor Advisory