CVE-2017-16921

Public Exploit

Description

In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS 4.0.x up to and including 4.0.26, an attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent can manipulate form parameters (related to PGP) and execute arbitrary shell commands with the permissions of the OTRS or web server user.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 33.87% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory otrs.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework/ vendor advisory patch issue tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4066 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162295/OTRS-6.0.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-16921?
CVE-2017-16921 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-16921?
To fix CVE-2017-16921, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-16921 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-16921 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~34% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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