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CVE-2017-1787

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1787 is an undisclosed vulnerability in IBM Publishing Engine versions 2.1.2 and 6.0.5, allowing a local user with administrative privileges to obtain hardcoded user credentials. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires high privileges for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:engineering_lifecycle_optimization_-_publishing:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:engineering_lifecycle_optimization_-_publishing:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/137022
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103252
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry