{"id":"CVE-2016-5679","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5679","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:20.830Z","title":"cgi-bin/cgi_main in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.6 through 3.0.0 and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the sn parameter to the transfer_license command.","description":"cgi-bin/cgi_main in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.6 through 3.0.0 and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the sn parameter to the transfer_license command.","published":"2016-08-31T15:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:49:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["nuuo/nvrmini 2","netgear/readynas surveillance"],"epss":{"score":0.14119,"percentile":0.96545,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11908,"percentile":0.95976},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.14119,"percentile":0.96402}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2016-08-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40200,"kind":"exploit","title":"NUUO NVRmini2 / NVRsolo / Crystal Devices / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Application - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/40200.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/remote/40200.txt","published":"2016-08-05","added":"2016-08-05","updated":"2018-01-25","author":"Pedro Ribeiro","type":"remote","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2016-5680","CVE-2016-5679","CVE-2016-5678","CVE-2016-5677","CVE-2016-5676","CVE-2016-5675","CVE-2016-5674"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/5c241a6710b7138445888fbc046d33ffdc3fd4dc/advisories/nuuo-nvr-vulns.txt"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5679","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}