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CVE-2017-9279
NetIQ Identity Manager allowed uploading of user icons with incorrect types or extensions
Low2.0EPSS 0.87%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.87% · top 41% 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: Low 2.0.
Weakness
- Upload of files possible that could be misused for other purposes
- CWE-434 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-434 and its CVEs
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 4.5.6.1
References (2)
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K7lbPAGJyIk~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049129 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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