CVE-2017-6885

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-6885 · Published 16/05/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-6885 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting flexnet manager suite (flexerasoftware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
flexnet manager suite flexerasoftware	`= 2014= 2015= 2016= 2017`	No fix yet

Description

An error when handling certain external commands and services related to the FlexNet Inventory Agent and FlexNet Beacon of the Flexera Software FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 before 2017 R1 and 2014 R3 through 2016 R1 SP1 can be exploited to gain elevated privileges.

References

secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76223 · Permissions Required

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