Privilege escalation in Axis M3005

CVE-2017-20049

A vulnerability, was found in legacy Axis devices such as P3225 and M3005. This affects an unknown part of the component CGI Script. The manipulation leads to improper privilege management. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-20049: held from 0.015 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-20049?
CVE-2017-20049 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axis M3005, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-20049?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-20049 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.