{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16664","details":"Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5 before 5.0.24, 4 before 4.0.26, and 3.3 before 3.3.20. In the agent interface, an authenticated remote attacker can execute shell commands as the webserver user via URL manipulation.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:36Z","published":"2017-11-21T14:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-16664"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16664"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-07-security-update-otrs-framework/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16664"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"otrs2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/otrs2@5.0.7-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.0.10-1","5.0.1-1","5.0.1-2","5.0.2-1","5.0.3-1","5.0.5-1","5.0.6-1","5.0.7-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.0.7-1","binary_name":"otrs"},{"binary_version":"5.0.7-1","binary_name":"otrs2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16664.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}