Login restrictions not applied when using ebaclient against NetIQ eDirectory EBA interface

published 2018-03-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18221

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

NetIQ eDirectory before 9.0 SP4 did not enforce login restrictions when "ebaclient" was used, allowing unpermitted access to eDirectory services.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

NetIQ eDirectory 9.0 SP4

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

NetIQ eDirectory

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-9285
NVD CVE-2017-9285

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Summary