What is CVE-2017-2744?

CVE-2017-2744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-2744?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in HP Support Assistant

CVE-2017-2744

The vulnerability allows attacker to extract binaries into protected file system locations in HP Support Assistant before 12.7.26.1.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Support Assistant
HP Inc. Support Assistant — versions before 12.7.26.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05648974 (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2744?: CVE-2017-2744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-2744?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.