CVE-2016-2352

8.8 HIGH

Published: May 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging the YUM_CLIENT restricted-user role.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-script-eng-ver/

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560

Source: cret@cert.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-script-eng-ver/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

8.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

59th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

accellion

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