# CVE-2017-1794: Privilege escalation in Tivoli Monitoring

> Attackers can escalate privileges and cause denial of service in IBM Tivoli Monitoring via unconstrained memory growth.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gr52-8x59-f3fp

## What is CVE-2017-1794?

CVE-2017-1794 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring, published on 19 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 through 6.2.3.5 and 6.3.0 through 6.3.0.7 are vulnerable to both TEPS user privilege escalation and possible denial of service due to unconstrained memory growth. IBM X-Force ID: 137039.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1794?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Monitoring.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1794?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1794 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring

- [CVE-2015-7411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7411/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-3357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3357/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring code execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1789/): Code injection in Tivoli Monitoring V6 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3356/): IBM Tivoli Monitoring is vulnerable to unauthenticated file read and write operations (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2015-5003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5003/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1794 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1794 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring, published on 19 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Tivoli Monitoring. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1794/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1794
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1794
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1794

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1794/
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