A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• sophos unified threat managementbefore 9.511
• sophos unified threat management9.600 and later · before 9.607
• sophos unified threat management9.700 and later · before 9.705
• sophos unified threat management9.511
• sophos unified threat management9.607
• sophos unified threat management9.705

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-0386A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in the Mail Manager potentially allows an authenticated attacker to execute code in Sophos UTM befor
  35Monitor
• CVE-2022-0652Confd log files contain local users', including root’s, SHA512crypt password hashes with insecure access permissions.
  31Monitor
• CVE-2021-25273Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706.
  19Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const host = req.body.host;2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

1const host = req.body.host;2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.