# CVE-2015-2280: AirLink101 SkyIPCam1620W - RCE

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2015-2280 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2015-2280

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** AirLink101 SkyIPCam1620W
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection'))
- **Tags:** iot

## Description

snwrite.cgi in AirLink101 SkyIPCam1620W Wireless N MPEG4 3GPP network camera with firmware FW_AIC1620W_1.1.0-12_20120709_r1192.pck allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the mac parameter.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2015-2280](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2280) is Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting AirLink101 SkyIPCam network camera. The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the mac parameter.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 2nd of July 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2015-2280 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Observed exploitation targets `/maker/snwrite.cgi` endpoint and the `mac` parameter.

## Timeline

- 2017-07-24: CVE Published. CVE-2015-2280 is published to NVD.
- 2025-07-02: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2015-2280 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-10-19: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2015-2280 for the first time.

## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132609/AirLink101-SkyIPCam1620W-OS-Command-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/40

## Live exploitation data

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