CVE-2017-5689

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-28. Federal remediation due 2022-07-28.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

92.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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

2017-05-02 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-02-01

Assigning CNA

intel

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

180b2d48b486083a77c6fabb9c1bb1c2dd1debb56d175bde0c19dc509f3869c5

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• www.securityfocus.com98269http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98269vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1038385http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038385vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170509-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
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• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5689government-resource