CVE-2017-18477 — In cPanel before 62

In cPanel before 62.0.4, Exim transports could execute in the context of the nobody account (SEC-206).

01What is this vulnerability?

In cPanel before 62.0.4, Exim transports could execute in the context of the nobody account (SEC-206).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-05T12:47:04.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T21:20:51.271Z

09References

• documentation.cpanel.net — https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/62+Change+Log