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CVE-2017-12557

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12557 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT version IMC Plat 7.3 E0504P2 and earlier. This vulnerability, stemming from CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data), allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the potential impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a high likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center:7.3:e0504p2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
80.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: HP Intelligent Management Java Deserialization RCE · Oct 3, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-45952 · Dec 4, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8012 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/45952
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/101152
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039495
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry