CVE-2017-6554

high

Published 2017-04-14 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.2

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

pmmasterd in Quest Privilege Manager before 6.0.0.061, when configured as a policy server, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and consequently execute arbitrary code with root privileges via an ACT_NEWFILESENT action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

81%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41861 remote linux

m0t · 2017-04-10

Quest Privilege Manager 6.0.0 - Arbitrary File Write

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
quest	privilege_manager	`6.0.0-27`
quest	privilege_manager	`6.0.0-50`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.