Description
Axis Network Camera 2.40 and earlier, and Video Server 3.12 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via accent (`) and possibly other shell metacharacters in the query string to virtualinput.cgi.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Axis Network Camera 2.x And Video Server 1-3 - 'virtualinput.cgi' Arbitrary Command Execution EDB-24400 · webapps · Aug 23, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- asix-command-execution(17076) vdb-entry
- 9121 vdb-entry
- 11011 vdb-entry
- 20040831 Axis Network Camera and Video Server Security Advisory mailing-list
- 12353 third-party-advisory
- 20040822 [PoC] Nasty bug(s) found in Axis Network Camera/Video Servers mailing-list
- 1011056 vdb-entry