CVE•Published 2017-03-24•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-5198Solarwinds · Log_and_event_manager
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
SolarWinds LEM (aka SIEM) before 6.3.1 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows local users to obtain root access by editing /usr/local/contego/scripts/hostname.sh.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-24
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-5198Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Solarwinds Log And Event Manager"All exposed Solarwinds Log And Event Manager instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Log And Event Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Log And Event Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-5198Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-5198Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-5198Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-5198GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-5198" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (5)
CVE-2017-51985 repos
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.
Correia-jpv/fucking-static-analysisRust
⚙️ A curated list of static analysis (SAST) tools for all programming languages, config files, build tools, and more. With repository stars⭐ and forks🍴
svg153/awesome-starsJavaScript
sunlei/awesome-starsPython
My GitHub stars.
rxerium/CISA-KEVPython
An automated repo to track Nuclei template scanning capabilities against the CISA KEV.