CVE-2017-16921
N/A
Published: December 8, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOTRS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 20%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%4.0.14.0.104.0.114.0.124.0.134.0.144.0.154.0.164.0.174.0.184.0.194.0.24.0.204.0.214.0.224.0.234.0.244.0.254.0.264.0.34.0.44.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.95.0.05.0.0 alpha15.0.0 beta15.0.0 beta25.0.0 beta35.0.0 beta45.0.0 beta55.0.0 rc15.0.15.0.105.0.115.0.125.0.135.0.145.0.155.0.165.0.175.0.185.0.195.0.25.0.205.0.215.0.225.0.235.0.245.0.35.0.45.0.55.0.65.0.75.0.85.0.96.0.06.0.0 alpha16.0.0 beta16.0.0 beta26.0.0 beta36.0.0 beta46.0.0 beta56.0.0 rc16.0.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4066Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853/x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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