THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-12763
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-12763

Nomachine vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
An unspecified server utility in NoMachine before 5.3.10 on Mac OS X and Linux allows authenticated users to gain privileges by gaining access to local files.
Affected vendor
Nomachine
Affected product
Nomachine
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2017-08-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-12763

  • Confirm whether Nomachine Nomachine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-12763.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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