What is CVE-2017-9457?

CVE-2017-9457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compulab Intense Pc, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-9457?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Compulab Intense Pc

CVE-2017-9457

Intense PC Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware does not perform capsule signature validation before upgrading the system firmware. The absence of signature validation allows an attacker with administrator privileges to flash a modified UEFI BIOS.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/56 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/143481/Compulab-Intense-PC-MintBox-2-Signature-Ve… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
watchmysys.com/blog/2017/07/cve-2017-9457-compulab-intense-pc-lacks-firmware-va… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9457?: CVE-2017-9457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compulab Intense Pc, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-9457?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.