CVE-2017-3098
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz...
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.
- Record
CVE-2017-3098- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.
- Record
CVE-2017-3098- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12239 No score
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.
- Record
EUVD-2017-12239- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhqj-4phh-7v5p
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz...
Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.
- Record
GHSA-qhqj-4phh-7v5p- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3098 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Captivate, published June 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.93%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.