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CVE-2017-12542

95
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12542 is a critical authentication bypass and remote code execution vulnerability affecting HPE Integrated Lights-out 4 (iLO 4) firmware versions prior to 2.53. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it allows unauthenticated attackers to gain complete control over affected systems without user interaction. Exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit and ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation despite not being on CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:integrated_lights-out_4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: HP iLO 4 1.00-2.50 Authentication Bypass Administrator Account Creation · Aug 24, 2017
Nuclei: CVE-2017-12542 · Mar 3, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-44005 · Feb 5, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9933 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44005
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/100467
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039222
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry