Embedthis: community verdicts

2 notable / known-exploited Embedthis CVEs the community has triaged.

ⓘ Not an exhaustive list: we focus on the findings that matter (exploited / notable). For every Embedthis CVE, see NVD ↗.

Exploitation first, with newly exploited CVEs rising above old ones

CVE-2017-17562HIGH 8.1KEVEPSS 97%
Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. This is a result of initializing the environment of forked CGI scripts using untrusted HTTP request parameters in the cgiHandler function in cgi.c. When combined with the glibc dynamic linker, this behaviour can be abused for remote code execution using special parameter names such as LD_PRELOAD. An attacker can POST their shared object payload in the body of the request, and reference it using /proc/self/fd/0.
CVE-2017-5674CRIT 9.8EPSS 22%
A vulnerability in a custom-built GoAhead web server used on Foscam, Vstarcam, and multiple white-label IP camera models allows an attacker to craft a malformed HTTP ("GET system.ini HTTP/1.1\n\n" - note the lack of "/" in the path field of the request) request that will disclose the configuration file with the login password.