CVE-2017-1000487

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

Published: 2018-01-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1000487 is rated High Risk (70.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.54%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000487

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 7.80% 6.54% -1.25%
2 2026-01-13 22.57% 7.80% -14.77%
3 2026-01-08 — 22.57% —

Full EPSS history (43 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000487

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000487

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-1000487

GHSA-8vhq-qq4p-grq3 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — OS Command Injection in Plexus-utils

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000487

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-1000487 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (plexus-utils2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000487
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000487
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-1000487 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (plexus-utils, plexus-utils2), 14 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 5, released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000487

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000487

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
codehaus-plexus plexus-utils < 3.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:codehaus-plexus:plexus-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000487

URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7ec6e28f41 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a4377e62%40%3Cdev.avro.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149 Third Party Advisory
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