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CVE-2016-5679

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

cgi-bin/cgi_main in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.6 through 3.0.0 and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the sn parameter to the transfer_license command.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Readynas Surveillance: 1.1.2
• NUUO NVRmini 2: 1.7.6, 2.0.0, 2.2.1, 3.0.0

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92318
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40200/

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