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CVE-2017-16921

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-12-08T15:00:00
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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.

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⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-x9qc-g4w7-x2hf

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16921
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.html
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4066
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853
WEB https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework
WEB http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162295/OTRS-6.0.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4066
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162295/OTRS-6.0.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html
Published: 2017-12-08T15:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.367Z
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