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CVE-2017-12117

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12117 is an improper authorization vulnerability in the miner_start API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC, allowing an attacker to bypass authorization and access restricted functionality. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:cpp-ethereum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0469
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102475
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry