CVE-2017-1000486
Primetek Primefaces Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 94.10% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-326
- Affected
- primetek/primefaces
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 94.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000486
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-1000486US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.