CVE-2017-15940

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-11 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fcb22a0682fcfc67048f1d3c147fc2b1280fc500888e211d5da6ce3bb96c3562

• www.securitytracker.com1040006http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040006vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com102076http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102076vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15940x_refsource_CONFIRM