THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-17996
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-17996

Syncbreeze vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
A buffer overflow vulnerability in "Add command" functionality exists in Flexense SyncBreeze Enterprise <= 10.3.14. The vulnerability can be triggered by an authenticated attacker who submits more than 5000 characters as the command name. It will cause termination of the SyncBreeze Enterprise server and possibly remote command execution with SYSTEM privilege.
Affected vendor
Flexense
Affected product
Syncbreeze
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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2018-02-06

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 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-17996

  • Confirm whether Flexense Syncbreeze is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-17996.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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