CVE-2016-7089

Watchguard Firewalls - 'ESCALATEPLOWMAN' ifconfig Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

WatchGuard RapidStream appliances allow local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted ifconfig command, aka ESCALATEPLOWMAN.

Accesorios WatchGuard RapidStream permiten a usuarios locales adquirir privilegios y ejecutar comandos arbitrarios a través de un comando manipulación ifconfig también conocido como ESCALATEPLOWMAN.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-24 CVE Reserved
2016-08-24 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92638	Vdb Entry
https://www.secplicity.org/2016/08/16/nsa-equation-group-exploit-leak-mean	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40270	2024-08-06
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138393/ESCALATEPLOWMAN-WatchGuard-Privilege-Escalation.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Watchguard Search vendor "Watchguard"		Rapidstream Search vendor "Watchguard" for product "Rapidstream"				-		-		Affected