CVE-2017-9947

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

7.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L/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

2017-10-23 00:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-02 19:26Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-06-26

Assigning CNA

siemens

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-538Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or DirectoryBase
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

dd8a418c7df836535ca704615bc58e64789624bbe79be6654756d5622cbc0fff

• www.securityfocus.com101248http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101248vdb-entry
• www.siemens.comhttps://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-148078.pdf
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-148078.pdf
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169544/Siemens-APOGEE-PXC-TALON-TC-Authentication-Bypass.html
• packetstorm.newshttps://packetstorm.news/files/id/169544exploit