CVE-2017-16630
In SapphireIMS 4097_1, a guest user can create a local administrator account on any system that has SapphireIMS installed, because of an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the local user creation function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In SapphireIMS 4097_1, a guest user can create a local administrator account on any system that has SapphireIMS installed, because of an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the local user creation function.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.87% probability · 58th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- sapphireims/sapphireims
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://vuln.shellcoder.party/2020/07/18/cve-2017-16630-sapphireims-idor-based-privilege-elevation/Third Party Advisory
- https://vuln.shellcoder.party/tags/sapphireims/Third Party Advisory
- https://vuln.shellcoder.party/2020/07/18/cve-2017-16630-sapphireims-idor-based-privilege-elevation/Third Party Advisory
- https://vuln.shellcoder.party/tags/sapphireims/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.