CVE-2016-6270

high

Published 2017-01-30 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

The handle_certificate function in /vmi/manager/engine/management/commands/apns_worker.py in Trend Micro Virtual Mobile Infrastructure before 5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the password to api/v1/cfg/oauth/save_identify_pfx/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
trendmicro	virtual_mobile_infrastructure	`5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-77

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

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