CVE-2017-6315 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Sophos Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) version 7, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to index.plx. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.500CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:astaro_security_gateway_firmware:7.500:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.506CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:astaro_security_gateway_firmware:7.506:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.