CVE-2017-9324 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-9324?

CVE-2017-9324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a browser to gain administrative privileges / full access. Afterward, all system settings can be read and changed. The URLs in question contain index.pl?Action=Installer with ;Subaction=Intro or ;Subaction=Start or ;Subaction=System appended at the end.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9324?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Otrs Otrs.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9324?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-9324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9324, DSA-3876-1, GHSA-6qr2-3mhf-p75w, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9324.