The Command Line Interface (CLI), aka Adonis Administration Console, on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8 allows…

Description

The Command Line Interface (CLI), aka Adonis Administration Console, on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8 allows local admin users to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system via shell metacharacters in a command.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 26495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• adonis-dnsdhcpcli-privilege-escalation(36082) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1018584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 3025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 20070816 TS-2007-003-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis CLI root privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 39398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20070820 Re: TS-2007-003-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis CLI root privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-4390](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-4390.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-4390)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 14:53 UTC.