CVE-2017-6079 in the critical feed json
The HTTP web-management application on Edgewater Networks Edgemarc appliances has a hidden page that allows for user-defined commands such…
published 2017-05-16 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15146
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 46.8%
- EPSS 46.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The HTTP web-management application on Edgewater Networks Edgemarc appliances has a hidden page that allows for user-defined commands such as specific iptables routes, etc., to be set. You can use this page as a web shell essentially to execute commands, though you get no feedback client-side from the web application: if the command is valid, it executes. An example is the wget command. The page that allows this has been confirmed in firmware as old as 2006.
Exploit prediction
46.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- depthsecurity.com https://depthsecurity.com/blog/cve-2017-6079-blind-command-injection-in-edgewater-edgemarc-devices referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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depthsecurity.com
/blog/cve-2017-6079-blind-command-injection-in-edgewater-edgemarc-devices
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-6079
- NVD CVE-2017-6079
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