Is CVE-2017-6554 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-6554 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-6554?

CVE-2017-6554 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-6554?

CVE-2017-6554 has an EPSS score of 15.56% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-6554

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

pmmasterd in Quest Privilege Manager before 6.0.0.061, when configured as a policy server, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and consequently execute arbitrary code with root privileges via an ACT_NEWFILESENT action.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

15.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.