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CVE-2017-15220

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15220 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending an empty POST request to a long URI starting with /../. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:flexense:vx_search:10.1.12:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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
7.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42973 · Oct 9, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0710 is in the 89th 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

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

exploit-db.com / exploits/42973
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry