VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2353
The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows local users to add an SSH key to an arbitrary group, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows local users to add an SSH key to an arbitrary group, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- accellion/file transfer appliance
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-script-eng-ver/Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-script-eng-ver/Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.