What is CVE-2017-9497?

CVE-2017-9497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Mx011anm Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-9497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cisco Mx011anm Firmware

CVE-2017-9497

The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by pulling up the diagnostics menu on the set-top box, and then posting to a Web Inspector route.

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

EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Mx011anm_firmware — versions mx011an_2.9p6s1_prod_sey
Motorola Mx011anm
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9497?: CVE-2017-9497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Mx011anm Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-9497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.