CyberoamOS (CROS) SQL Injection Vulnerability
Sophos · CyberoamOS
The flaw is an SQL injection vulnerability in the WebAdmin component of Sophos's CyberoamOS (CROS) product. An unauthenticated attacker with remote network access can execute arbitrary SQL statements, requiring no privileges and no user interaction.
An SQL injection vulnerability in the WebAdmin of Cyberoam OS through 2020-12-04 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL statements remotely.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 3/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.How attackers get in
What they do
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 4 years after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+4 yrs
- Added to CISA KEVknown ransomware use; EU database agrees+4 yrs
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 2ExecutionTA0002
Due to an improper sanitization flaw in the web-based CyberRoam WebAdmin administrative panel, an attacker with network access can use SQL injection to execute commands remotely.
Privilege EscalationTA0004
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 132 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Process InjectionT105537 general rules
- Antivirus PrinterNightmare CVE-2021-34527 Exploit Detectioncriticalstable
- Potential Dridex Activitycriticalstable
- CobaltStrike Named Pipecriticaltest
- CobaltStrike Named Pipe Pattern Regexcriticaltest
- HackTool - DInjector PowerShell Cradle Executioncriticaltest
- Malicious Named Pipe Createdcriticaltest
- RedSun - Named Pipe Createdcriticalexperimental
- RedSun - TieringEngineService.exe Detected as EICAR Test Filecriticalexperimental
Command and Scripting InterpreterT105995 general rules
- HackTool - Sliver C2 Implant Activity Patterncriticaltest
- Lazarus Group Activitycriticaltest
- REvil Kaseya Incident Malware Patternscriticaltest
- Turla Group Lateral Movementcriticaltest
- Windows Defender AMSI Trigger Detectedhighstable
- Windows Defender Threat Detectedhighstable
- Abusable DLL Potential Sideloading From Suspicious Locationhightest
- Add Insecure Download Source To Wingethightest
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 22, 202621 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX