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CVE-2014-2593

Status: ModifiedHigh (9)—

The management console in Aruba Networks ClearPass Policy Manager 6.3.0.60730 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in certain arguments of a valid command, as demonstrated by the (1) system status-rasession and (2) network ping commands.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Arubanetworks — Clearpass Policy Manager

CWEs

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