CVE-2017-3186

Camera Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

6.1%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

ACTi cameras including the D, B, I, and E series using firmware version A1D-500-V6.11.31-AC use non-random default credentials across all devices. A remote attacker can take complete control of a device using default admin credentials.

Affected vendor

Acti

Affected product

Camera Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements
CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Published

2017-12-16

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Acti Camera Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-3186.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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