CVE-2017-16597

highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.573 · 99 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

57.3% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager 7.2.730 build 1034. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of WRQ requests. When parsing the Filename field, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of Administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-5137.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-668USprimaryCWE-22US

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

NetGain Systems NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager≤ 7.2.730 build 1034enisa_euvdEU
netgain-systems enterprise manager= 7.2.730nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netgain-systems:enterprise_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-01-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.netgain-systems.comPatchcnnvd
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-962 cnnvd
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-962 enisa_euvd
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-962Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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