CVE-2017-1000486 (GCVE-0-2017-1000486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-03 20:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA 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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