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CVE-2017-5189
private SSL key embedded in JAR file in iManager
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
NetIQ iManager before 3.0.3 delivered a SSL private key in a Java application (JAR file) for authentication to Sentinel, allowing attackers to extract and establish their own connections to the Sentinel appliance.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- Exposure of secret credentials in user exposed data
- CWE-522 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-522 and its CVEs
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (2)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016795 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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