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CVE-2017-16921

50
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16921 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting OTRS versions 4.0.x, 5.0.x, and 6.0.x. An authenticated agent can manipulate PGP-related form parameters to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the OTRS or web server user. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:otrs:otrs:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43853 · Jan 21, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1990 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162295/OTRS-6.0.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4066
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43853
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
otrs.com / security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory