CVE-2014-2850

high

Published 2014-04-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

The network interface configuration page (netinterface) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the address parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-32789 remote unix verified

Metasploit · 2014-04-10

Sophos Web Protection Appliance Interface - (Authenticated) Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/http/sophos_wpa_iface_exec rank 600

Sophos Web Protection Appliance Interface Authenticated Arbitrary Command Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sophos	web_appliance_firmware	`3.7.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.