CVE-2016-5685 (GCVE-0-2016-5685)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-29 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:08
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Summary
Dell iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 devices with firmware before 2.40.40.40 allow authenticated users to gain Bash shell access through a string injection.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • string injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell EMC iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 Affected: firmware before 2.40.40.40
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Date Public
2016-11-16 00:00
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