What is CVE-2017-9494?

CVE-2017-9494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Motorola Mx011anm, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-9494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Motorola Mx011anm

CVE-2017-9494

The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows remote attackers to enable a Remote Web Inspector that is accessible from the public Internet.

Published 2017-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Motorola Mx011anm
Motorola Mx011anm Firmware — versions mx011an_2.9p6s1_prod_sey

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-38.rem… (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9494?: CVE-2017-9494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Motorola Mx011anm, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-9494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.