CVE-2017-9279
NetIQ Identity Manager allowed uploading of user icons with incorrect types or extensions
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
NetIQ Identity Manager allowed uploading of user icons with incorrect types or extensions
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
- Record
CVE-2017-9279- CVSS 3.0
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18215
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18215- CVSS 3.0
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6gm7-8wqr-q8wm
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image...
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
- Record
GHSA-6gm7-8wqr-q8wm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
NetIQ Identity Manager before 4.5.6.1 allowed uploading files with double extensions or non-image content in the Themes handling of the User Application Administration, allowing malicious user administrators to potentially execute code or mislead users.
- Record
CVE-2017-9279- CVSS 3.0
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-434, CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-9279 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Netiq Identity Manager, published March 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.