CVE-2011-2716
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2695)
- Published
- July 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2695 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- busybox / busybox
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References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45363(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.busybox.net/news.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48879
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3979(Patch)
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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