CVE-2016-7089 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in WatchGuard RapidStream appliances. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting an ifconfig command to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not observed in active exploitation, a public exploit (ESCALATEPLOWMAN) is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:rapidstream:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.