What is CVE-2017-9295?

CVE-2017-9295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-9295?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Hitachi Device Manager

CVE-2017-9295

XXE vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.5.2-01 and Hitachi Replication Manager before 8.5.2-00 allows authenticated remote users to read arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2017-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hitachi Device Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2017-11… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98761 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9295?: CVE-2017-9295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-9295?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.