01 Record
CVE-2017-1000486
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-10. Federal remediation due 2022-07-10.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 94.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-03 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326Inadequate Encryption StrengthClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e7329444cc48b2e262ee8016b3f0a2144eae9e1583103c928b50b0082876c562
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152
- cryptosense.comhttps://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/
- blog.mindedsecurity.comhttp://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.html
- www.exploit-db.com43733https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-1000486