CVE-2013-4984 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-4984

The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before...

Vulnerability Description

The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

web appliance
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.5.1, 3.1.0, 3.1.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.3.1, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.5.1, 3.3.6, 3.3.6.1, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.3.1, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.1.1, 3.5.1.2, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.1.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.2.1, 3.6.2.3, 3.6.2.4.0, 3.6.2.4.1, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.4.1, 3.6.4.2, 3.7.0, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 3.7.4, 3.7.5, 3.7.6, 3.7.7, 3.7.8, 3.7.8.1, 3.7.8.2, 3.8.0, 3.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 10th, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.