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CVE-2017-17406

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

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 an exposed RMI registry, which listens on TCP ports 1800 and 1850 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4753.

Affected products

• NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager: before 7.2.766 — fixed in 7.2.766

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager 7.2.766. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-02
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-953
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-02
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-953

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