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CVE-2017-6553

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 42.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-6553
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
42.29%

Original NVD Description

Buffer Overflow in Quest One Identity Privilege Manager for Unix before 6.0.0.061 allows remote attackers to obtain full access to the policy server via an ACT_ALERT_EVENT request that causes memory corruption in the pmmasterd daemon.

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