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CVE-2017-7429: Fix for NetIQ shell code upload

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The certificate upload in NetIQ eDirectory PKI plugin before 8.8.8 Patch 10 Hotfix 1 could be abused to upload JSP code which could be used by authenticated attackers to execute JSP applets on the iManager server.

Affected products

• OpenText eDirectory: through 8.8.8
• NetIQ eDirectory: 8.8.8-patch10, 8.8.8-patch5, 8.8.8-patch6, 8.8.8-patch7, 8.8.8-patch8, 8.8.8-patch9

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024957
• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edir88/edir88810hf1_releasenotes/data/edir88810hf1_releasenotes.html
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3426981
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024957
• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edir88/edir88810hf1_releasenotes/data/edir88810hf1_releasenotes.html
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3426981

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