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CVE-2017-6553

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer Overflow in Quest One Identity Privilege Manager for Unix before 6.0.0.061 allows remote attackers to obtain full access to the policy server via an ACT_ALERT_EVENT request that causes memory corruption in the pmmasterd daemon.

Affected products

• Quest Privilege Manager For Unix: through 6.0.0-50

References

• https://0xdeadface.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-quest-privilege-manager-6-0-0-xx-cve-2017-6553-cve-2017-6554/
• https://support.oneidentity.com/privilege-manager-for-unix/kb/SOL133824
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42010/
• https://0xdeadface.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-quest-privilege-manager-6-0-0-xx-cve-2017-6553-cve-2017-6554/
• https://support.oneidentity.com/privilege-manager-for-unix/kb/SOL133824
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42010/

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