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CVE-2017-9279

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9279 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting NetIQ Identity Manager versions prior to 4.5.6.1, specifically within the User Application Administration's Themes handling. It allows authenticated malicious administrators to upload files with double extensions or non-image content, potentially leading to remote code execution or user deception. The CVSS score of 7.2 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

2.0LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
download.novell.com / Download