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CVE-2017-9285

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9285 describes a critical vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before version 9.0 SP4, where the "ebaclient" component failed to enforce login restrictions, enabling unauthorized access to eDirectory services. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:edirectory:9.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:edirectory:9.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:edirectory:9.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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
netiq.com / documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory904_releasenotes/data/edirectory904_releasenotes.html
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php