CVE-2017-16242

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

0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 40.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/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

2018-03-22 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aa3d5b5719760bda93c7fd0deae7ad0ab9955d6a694b7f532783dabe623301d1

• www.blackhat.comhttps://www.blackhat.com/us-17/briefings/schedule/index.html#attacking-encrypted-usb-keys-the-hardware-way-7443x_refsource_MISC
• www.blackhat.comhttps://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Picod-Attacking-Encrypted-USB-Keys-The-Hard%28ware%29-Way.pdfx_refsource_MISC
• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/audebert/ef6e206a27ededd1386cff48604e9335x_refsource_MISC
• www.elie.nethttps://www.elie.net/talk/attacking-encrypted-usb-keys-the-hardware-wayx_refsource_MISC