CVE-2017-1635

Tivoli Monitoring vulnerability

CVSS

8.0

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6 6.2.2.x could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free error. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 133243.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Tivoli Monitoring

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Published

2017-12-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent 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 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Ibm Tivoli Monitoring is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-1635.
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