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TI-2017-04331 Aliases CVE-2017-6554GHSA-4gg5-cvf8-h5rh

pmmasterd in Quest Privilege Manager before 6.0.0.061, when configured as a policy…

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

pmmasterd in Quest Privilege Manager before 6.0.0.061, when configured as a policy server, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and consequently execute arbitrary code with root privileges via an ACT_NEWFILESENT action.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.15564 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:quest:privilege_manager:6.0.0-27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0-27VulnerableQuest
cpe:2.3:a:quest:privilege_manager:6.0.0-50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0-50VulnerableQuest
  • cpe:2.3:a:quest:privilege_manager:6.0.0-27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0-27 Vulnerable ·Quest
  • cpe:2.3:a:quest:privilege_manager:6.0.0-50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0-50 Vulnerable ·Quest

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6554
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4gg5-cvf8-h5rh

References

Exploit 2

Other 2

Sources

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