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CVE-2017-20161

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-20161 is a problematic injection vulnerability in the dump_wlan_at function of the MacGeiger ESSID Handler, affecting the macgeiger_project MacGeiger software. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires local network access and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though attack complexity and exploitability are considered difficult. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage. A patch (57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb) is recommended to remediate this issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2017-12-02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:macgeiger_project:macgeiger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / rofl0r/MacGeiger/commit/57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb
PatchThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory