CVE-2017-1000486 (GCVE-0-2017-1000486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-03 20:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:46
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/Third Party Advisory, Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/Third Party Advisory, Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-01-10

Due date: 2022-07-10

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000486

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