What is CVE-2017-17406?

CVE-2017-17406 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgain Systems Enterprise Manager, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-17406?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Netgain Systems Enterprise Manager

CVE-2017-17406

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within an exposed RMI registry, which listens on TCP ports 1800 and 1850 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4753.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.045 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgain Systems Enterprise Manager — versions v7.2.586 build 877
Netgain-systems Enterprise_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17406?: CVE-2017-17406 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgain Systems Enterprise Manager, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-17406?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.