CVE-2016-5679 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in NUUO NVRmini 2 (versions 1.7.6 to 3.0.0) and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance (version 1.1.2). Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'sn' parameter of the 'transfer_license' command within the cgi-bin/cgi_main interface. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, requiring only low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-40200), and it has received significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a heightened risk of exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.