CVE-2017-17562

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-10. Federal remediation due 2022-06-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

97.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2017-12-12 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c08b4e6f734e7b1f2d787cc192f1be2900cf87d6191780b5655562d3a869754c

• github.comhttps://github.com/elttam/advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-17562x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1040702http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040702vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.elttam.com.auhttps://www.elttam.com.au/blog/goahead/x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43360https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43360/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/6f786c123196eb622625a920d54048629a7caa74x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/249x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43877https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43877/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-17562government-resource