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CVE-2017-12943

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12943 is a critical absolute path traversal vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices running v2.x firmware, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read sensitive files, including the administrator password. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability requires no user interaction or privileges, enabling full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA KEV, an exploit for authentication bypass is available on ExploitDB, and its high EPSS score indicates a significant likelihood of exploitation. Despite its severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-600_b1_firmware:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42581 · Aug 29, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3922 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

jithindkurup.tumblr.com / post/165218785974/d-link-dir-600-authentication-bypass-absolute
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42581
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
youtube.com / watch
ExploitThird Party Advisory