What is CVE-2017-2833?

CVE-2017-2833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foscam C1, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-2833?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Foscam C1

CVE-2017-2833

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the web management interface used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.37. A specially crafted HTTP request can allow for a user to inject arbitrary shell characters resulting in command injection during the boot process. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send an HTTP request and reboot the device.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.048 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foscam C1
Foscam C1_firmware — versions 2.52.2.37
Foscam Indoor Ip Camera — versions C1 Series

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2833?: CVE-2017-2833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foscam C1, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-2833?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.