CVE-2019-7256 vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Products
Published on July 2, 2019
Linear eMerge E3-Series devices allow Command Injections.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Nice Linear eMerge E3-Series OS Command Injection Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Nice Linear eMerge E3-Series contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to conduct remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 15, 2024: Contact the vendor for guidance on remediating firmware, per their advisory.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2019-7256 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2019-7256 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-7256
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Exploit Probability
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