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CVE-2017-17743

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17743 describes an improper input sanitization vulnerability in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance devices (versions before 4.4.20, 5.0.x before 5.0.19, and 5.1.x before 5.1.11). An authenticated remote attacker can escape the restricted administration shell and escalate privileges by uploading a malicious .bashrc file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0, < 5.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1, < 5.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securite.intrinsec.com / 2018/03/19/cve-2017-17743-ucopia-shell-escape
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