CVE-2017-8769

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

0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 10.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2017-05-18 06:13Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-05-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-311Missing Encryption of Sensitive DataClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bb1c0a1825a07881ee0ea2c81ca87c6a25b3b5dddd5a96df1001c98975a1b1bd

• wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.comhttps://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/05/17/advisory-whatsapp-for-android-privacy-issues-with-handling-of-media-files-cve-2017-8769/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com100906http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100906vdb-entryx_refsource_BID