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CVE-2017-6554

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Quest Privilege Manager: 6.0.0-27, 6.0.0-50

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142095/Quest-Privilege-Manager-6.0.0-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97686
• 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/41861/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142095/Quest-Privilege-Manager-6.0.0-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97686
• 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/41861/

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