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CVE-2017-16608

CRITICAL

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 exec.jsp. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-4749.

Published: Jan 23, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-78 CWE-134

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
netgain-systems enterprise_manager * < 7.2.766

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-qwfr-wxv4-wpf7

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 4.23%

Top 10% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub