# CVE-2017-9324: Privilege escalation in n/a

> An attacker with agent permissions can escalate to administrative privileges by accessing specific installer URLs, allowing full system control.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9324, DSA-3876-1, GHSA-6qr2-3mhf-p75w, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9324

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9324?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-9324 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2017-9324/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9324/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9324
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9324
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9324

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9324/
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