CVE-2017-1000486

critical

Description

Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/

https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152

https://f.hubspotusercontent30.net/hubfs/8776530/Sygnia-%20Elephant%20Beetle_Jan2022.pdf

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/fin13-cybercriminal-mexico

https://f.hubspotusercontent30.net/hubfs/8776530/Sygnia-%20Elephant%20Beetle_Jan2022.pdf?__hstc=147695848.3e8f1a482c8f8d4531507747318e660b.1680005306711.1680005306711.1680005306711.1&__hssc=147695848.1.1680005306711&__hsfp=3000179024&hsCtaTracking=189ec409-ae2d-4909-8bf1-62dcdd694372%7Cca91d317-8f10-4a38-9f80-367f551ad64d

https://github.com/h9zk/cve

https://github.com/jam620/primefaces

https://github.com/oppsec/pwnfaces

https://github.com/prok3z/Nuclei-Template-Primefaces-RCE

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-1000486

https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/

http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94104