What is CVE-2017-9828?

CVE-2017-9828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Network Camera Fd8164, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-9828?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Vivotek Network Camera Fd8164

CVE-2017-9828

'/cgi-bin/admin/testserver.cgi' of the web service in most of the VIVOTEK Network Cameras is vulnerable to shell command injection, which allows remote attackers to execute any shell command as root via a crafted HTTP request. This vulnerability is already verified on VIVOTEK Network Camera IB8369/FD8164/FD816BA; most others have similar firmware that may be affected. An attack uses shell metacharacters in the senderemail parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.825 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vivotek Network_camera_fd8164
Vivotek Network_camera_fd8164_firmware — versions fd8164-_vvtk-0200b
Vivotek Network_camera_fd816ba
Vivotek Network_camera_fd816ba_firmware — versions fd816ba-vvtk-010101.
Vivotek Network_camera_ib8369
Vivotek Network_camera_ib8369_firmware — versions ib8369-vvtk-0102a
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9828?: CVE-2017-9828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Network Camera Fd8164, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-9828?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.