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CVE-2017-2741

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2741 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting HP PageWide and OfficeJet Pro printers with firmware older than 1708D. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it can be exploited remotely without authentication, allowing full compromise of the device. While not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module, and it has garnered significant community discussion. This vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its ease of exploitation and potential for complete system control.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1708dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:j9v82a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1708dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:j9v82b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1708dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:j9v82c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1708dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:j9v82d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1708dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:j6u55a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
84.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: HP Jetdirect Path Traversal Arbitrary Code Execution · Apr 5, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-45273 · Aug 27, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8461 is in the 99th 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

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

support.hp.com / us-en/document/c05462914
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42176
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/45273