THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-17020
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-17020

Dcs 5009 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
15.1%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
On D-Link DCS-5009 devices with firmware 1.08.11 and earlier, DCS-5010 devices with firmware 1.14.09 and earlier, and DCS-5020L devices with firmware before 1.15.01, command injection in alphapd (binary responsible for running the camera's web server) allows remote authenticated attackers to execute code through sanitized /setSystemAdmin user input in the AdminID field being passed directly to a call to system.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dcs 5009 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-05-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-17020

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dcs 5009 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-17020.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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