Kace Asset Management Appliance
CVE-2017-12567
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.33%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
SQL injection exists in Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2, Systems Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2.101, and K1000 as a Service 7.0 through 7.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. SQL injection exists in Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2, Systems Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2.101, and K1000 as a Service 7.0 through 7.2. Affected products include: Quest Kace Asset Management Appliance, Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance, Quest K1000 As A Service. Version information: through 7.2.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
SQL injection exists in Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2, Systems Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2.101, and K1000 as a Service 7.0 through 7.2.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
How this decision was reached
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB