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CVE-2017-6526

80
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6526 is a critical unauthenticated command execution vulnerability affecting dnaTools dnaLIMS versions 4-2015s13. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands through an improperly secured administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests). With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of cyberattacks targeting DNA sequencing software.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4-2015s13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnatools:dnalims:4-2015s13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: dnaLIMS Admin Module Command Execution · Mar 8, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-41578 · Mar 10, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5740 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/41578
shorebreaksecurity.com / blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96823