{"cve":"CVE-2016-9683","nvd":{"published":"2017-02-22T05:59:00.200","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:25.963","status":"Modified","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 'extensionsettings' CGI (/cgi-bin/extensionsettings) component responsible for handling some of the server's internal configurations. The CGI application doesn't properly escape the information it's passed when processing a particular multi-part form request involving scripts. The filename of the 'scriptname' variable is read in unsanitized 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. This is SonicWall Issue ID 181195.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["http://documents.software.dell.com/sonicwall-sma-100-series/8.1.0.7/release-notes/resolved-issues?ParentProduct=868","http://pastebin.com/eJbeXgBr","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96375","https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2016-0004","http://documents.software.dell.com/sonicwall-sma-100-series/8.1.0.7/release-notes/resolved-issues?ParentProduct=868"],"products":["dell:sonicwall_secure_remote_access_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-9683","score":0.11554,"percentile":0.96031,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}