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CVE-2017-1000486

Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 03, 2018
Published Date
January 03, 2018
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
Primetek
Product
Primefaces
Description
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2023-12-15 00:04:21 UTC) Source

References

https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152 https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/ http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/primefaces_weak_encryption_rce.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:23 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-1000486.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

primefaces_weak_encryption_rce

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2017-1000486

LongWayHomie/CVE-2017-1000486

Type: github • Created: 2023-12-15 00:04:21 UTC • Stars: 0

Remote Code Execution exploit for PrimeFaces 5.x - EL Injection (CVE-2017-1000486)

Pastea/CVE-2017-1000486

Type: github • Created: 2021-08-05 17:42:54 UTC • Stars: 3

mogwailabs/CVE-2017-1000486

Type: github • Created: 2018-10-17 22:47:30 UTC • Stars: 9

Proof of Concept Exploit for PrimeFaces 5.x EL Injection (CVE-2017-1000486)

pimps/CVE-2017-1000486

Type: github • Created: 2018-09-03 03:11:24 UTC • Stars: 90

Primefaces <= 5.2.21, 5.3.8 or 6.0 - Remote Code Execution Exploit

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit