CVE-2017-8226 describes a critical vulnerability in Amcrest IPM-721S devices where hardcoded default credentials are embedded within the firmware, specifically in the "sonia" binary. An attacker can extract these credentials by reversing the firmware, allowing unauthorized access to the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.420.ac00.16.r.20160909CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:amcrest:ipm-721s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.