CVE-2017-6885: Flexerasoftware Flexnet Manager Suite

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An error when handling certain external commands and services related to the FlexNet Inventory Agent and FlexNet Beacon of the Flexera Software FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 before 2017 R1 and 2014 R3 through 2016 R1 SP1 can be exploited to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Flexerasoftware Flexnet Manager Suite: version 2014 only; version 2015 only; version 2016 only; version 2017 only

Published 2017-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.