#VU9571 OS command injection in Cacti - CVE-2017-16641 

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#VU9571 OS command injection in Cacti - CVE-2017-16641

Published: December 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9571
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16641
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cacti
Software vendor:
The Cacti Group, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote high-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in lib/rrd.php. A remote attacker can place the Log Path under the web root, make a specially crafted specially crafted action=save request containing the 'path_rrdtool' parameter to settings.php and execute arbitrary shell commands with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Update to version 1.1.28.

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