CVE-2015-2857 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Accellion File Transfer Appliance before FTA_9_11_210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the oauth_token parameter.

Published: 2017-08-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 86.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.86696.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauth
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/

History

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Subscriptions

Accellion File Transfer Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-08-22T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:39.110Z

Reserved: 2015-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2857

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-22T15:29:00.210

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-2857

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

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