CVE-2017-16664

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5 before 5.0.24, 4 before 4.0.26, and 3.3 before 3.3.20. In the agent interface, an authenticated remote attacker can execute shell commands as the webserver user via URL manipulation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4047Third Party Advisory
https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-07-security-update-otrs-framework/Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4047Third Party Advisory
https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-07-security-update-otrs-framework/Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 21, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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