CVE-2017-6183
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRemote command injection vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance's Active Directory server configuration utilities. An authenticated attacker with access to the AD configuration section could inject arbitrary OS commands through unsanitized input parameters, leading to complete system compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.3.1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Sophos Web Appliance installationCheck the product name displayed in the web interface header or check system documentation/inventory for Sophos Web Appliance deploymentAffected if The target is not Sophos Web Appliance, this CVE does not apply
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Determine installed versionLocate the version number in the Sophos Web Appliance admin interface (typically under System > Maintenance > Version) or check via CLI if availableAffected if Installed version is 4.3.1.1 or earlier, placing it within the affected range
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Verify Active Directory integration is configuredCheck if the appliance has Active Directory server configuration enabled under the directory services or AD configuration section of the admin interfaceAffected if AD integration is not configured, the specific attack vector is not present; however, the vulnerable code may still exist in the installation
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Confirm access to AD configuration interfaceReview user accounts and their permissions to determine if any accounts have access to the AD server configuration utilities sectionAffected if Untrusted or compromised accounts have access to AD configuration, an authenticated attacker could exploit the injection flaw
Environment is affected if running Sophos Web Appliance version 4.3.1.1 or earlier with Active Directory integration enabled and accessible to untrusted users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Sophos Web Appliance to version 4.3.1.2 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, limit administrative interface access to trusted IP addresses and monitor for anomalous AD server configuration attempts.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-6183 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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