Vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG (CVE-2016-7786)
Summary
Vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG (CVE-2016-7786). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 10.6.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG 10.6.3 MR-5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct object reference, as demonstrated by a request for Licenseinformation.jsp. This is fixed in 10.6.5.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.
A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-7786 has been found in Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG to 10.6.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG CVE-2016-7786" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-7786 (Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG) — CWE-264 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 10.6.5 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-264) exists in Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 10.6.5.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
-
1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
-
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Sophos Cyberoam UTM CR25iNG to 10.6.5ステージング環境で 10.6.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
-
3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory infosecninja.blogspot.in
- web exploit-db.com