CVE-2017-16630
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn SapphireIMS 4097_1, a guest user can create a local administrator account on any system that has SapphireIMS installed, because of an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the local user creation function.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn SapphireIMS 4097_1, the local user creation function lacks proper authorization validation, allowing an unauthenticated or low-privilege guest user to perform an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attack and create local administrator accounts on the system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4097_1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SapphireIMS installationIdentify if the system has SapphireIMS installed by checking for the application or checking running services/processes related to SapphireIMSAffected if System is running SapphireIMS software
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Check installed versionDetermine the exact version of SapphireIMS installed in the environment. Consult system inventory, software registry, or application documentation for version identification methodsAffected if Version is exactly 4097_1
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Review user creation function accessibilityTest or inspect whether the user creation endpoint/function is accessible without proper authentication or with guest-level privilegesAffected if User creation function accepts requests from unauthenticated or low-privilege users
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Audit local administrator accountsReview existing local administrator accounts on the system and verify which accounts were created through the application interfaceAffected if Unauthorized or unexpected administrator accounts exist in the system
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Verify authorization controls on user managementExamine the user creation function code or configuration to determine if role-based access control or authorization validation is properly enforced before allowing administrator account creationAffected if Authorization checks are missing or inadequate for the user creation function
Environment is affected only if running SapphireIMS version exactly 4097_1 AND the user creation function permits creation of administrator accounts without proper authorization validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks in the user creation function to verify the requester's permissions before allowing creation of administrator-level accounts, and enforce role-based access controls.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-16630 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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