High severity · published Jun 12, 2017
CVE-2017-9324
In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a…
8.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a browser to gain administrative privileges / full access. Afterward, all system settings can be read and changed. The URLs in question contain index.pl?Action=Installer with ;Subaction=Intro or ;Subaction=Start or ;Subaction=System appended at the end.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
OT
Otrs · Otrs
3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 4.0.0 through 4.0.23; 5.0.0 through 5.0.19 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9324
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9324
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3876
Mailing List
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142862/OTRS-Install-Dialog-Disclosure.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-03-security-update-otrs-versions/
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