CVE-2017-20123

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2022-06-30 05:05Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 14:08Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-06-27

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

171a777af893a08e7519d0524883e207f4ba8a18fe38a30d589da25cbbf40fca

• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/1x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/tree/master/Viscosityx_refsource_MISC
• www.sparklabs.comhttps://www.sparklabs.com/blog/viscosity-for-mac-windows-version-1-6-8/x_refsource_MISC
• vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.96639x_refsource_MISC