CVE-2017-16666

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

80.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2018-01-05 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1c942c957fb1d3b7d035beb20d690ef210649ecabc1fcb22268173df4b21b89d

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145639/Xplico-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• blog.securityonion.nethttp://blog.securityonion.net/2017/11/security-advisory-for-xplico-120.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.xplico.orghttps://www.xplico.org/archives/1538x_refsource_CONFIRM
• pentest.bloghttps://pentest.blog/advisory-xplico-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-cve-2017-16666/x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43430https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43430/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/xplico_execx_refsource_MISC