Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9684
CVE-2016-9684
Description
The SonicWall Secure Remote Access server (version 8.1.0.2-14sv) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface. This vulnerability occurs in the 'viewcert' CGI (/cgi-bin/viewcert) component responsible for processing SSL certificate information. The CGI application doesn't properly escape the information it's passed in the 'CERT' variable before a call to system() is performed - allowing for remote command injection. Exploitation of this vulnerability yields shell access to the remote machine under the nobody user account.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:dell:sonicwall_secure_remote_access_server:8.1.0.2-14sv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 8.1.0.2-14sv
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