CVE-2016-9684: Dell SonicWall Secure Remote Access Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 7.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SonicWall Secure Remote Access server (version 8.1.0.2-14sv) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface. This vulnerability occurs in the 'viewcert' CGI (/cgi-bin/viewcert) component responsible for processing SSL certificate information. The CGI application doesn't properly escape the information it's passed in the 'CERT' variable before a call to system() is performed - allowing for remote command injection. Exploitation of this vulnerability yields shell access to the remote machine under the nobody user account.

Affected products

• Dell SonicWall Secure Remote Access Server: version 8.1.0.2-14sv only

Published 2017-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.