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CVE-2017-15548

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15548 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting EMC Avamar Server, NetWorker Virtual Edition, and Integrated Data Protection Appliance. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized root access to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-21:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-145CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-145:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-302CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-302:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-370CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-370:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2-32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.2-32:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0470 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/17
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102352
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040070
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry