CVE-2015-5082
Endian Firewall before 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NEW_PASSWORD_1 or (2)…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 69.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Endian Firewall before 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NEW_PASSWORD_1 or (2) NEW_PASSWORD_2 parameter to cgi-bin/chpasswd.cgi.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- Endian Firewall Proxy Password Change Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/efw_chpasswd_execRank excellentdisclosed 28 Jun 2015
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Endian Firewall - Password Change Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38096remote, linuxpublished 7 Sept 2015Verified
- Endian Firewall < 3.0.0 - OS Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37426remote, cgipublished 29 Jun 2015Not verified
- Endian Firewall < 3.0.0 - OS Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37428remote, cgipublished 29 Jun 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 37428 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 38096 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 37426 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 37428 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 38096 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 37426 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/efw_chpasswd_exec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133469/Endian-Firewall-Proxy-Password-Change-Command-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2015-5097 (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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