What is CVE-2017-4986?

CVE-2017-4986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Secure Remote Services, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-4986?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in EMC Secure Remote Services

CVE-2017-4986

EMC ESRS VE 3.18 or earlier contains Authentication Bypass that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Secure Remote Services — versions 3.18
EMC Esrs Virtual Edition Ve 3.18 Or Earlier — versions EMC ESRS Virtual Edition EMC ESRS VE 3.18 or earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1038696 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540721/30/0/threaded (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99036 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4986?: CVE-2017-4986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Secure Remote Services, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-4986?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.