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CVE-2016-11017

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The application login page in AKIPS Network Monitor 15.37 through 16.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the username parameter (a failed login attempt returns the command-injection output to a limited login failure field). This is fixed in 16.6.

Affected products

• Akips Network Monitor: from 15.37 through 16.5

References

• https://ctrlu.net/vuln/0002.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39564
• https://ctrlu.net/vuln/0002.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39564

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