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CVE-2017-18044

77
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18044 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Commvault software prior to v11 SP6. It allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges on systems running the cvd daemon due to improper input validation in a message parsing function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score of 0.826, this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is minimal public discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:11.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:11.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:11.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
69.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Commvault Communications Service (cvd) Command Injection · Dec 12, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6975 is in the 98th 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

github.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9340
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9389
Third Party Advisory
securifera.com / advisories/sec-2017-0001
Third Party Advisory