CVE-2013-4984The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Sophos Web Protection Appliance clear_keys.pl Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/local/sophos_wpa_clear_keysRank excellentdisclosed 6 Sept 2013
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Sophos Web Protection Appliance - clear_keys.pl Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28332local, linuxpublished 17 Sept 2013Verified
- Sophos Web Protection Appliance - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28175webapps, linuxpublished 9 Sept 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sophos-web-protection-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/119773.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4828 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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