CVE-2017-8228 describes a critical vulnerability in Amcrest IPM-721S V2.420.AC00.16.R.20160909 devices, where insufficient verification in Amcrest cloud services allows an attacker to add another user's camera to their account if they know the serial number and the camera has rebooted within the last two hours. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as an attacker gains complete control over the camera. Despite its high severity, there is 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.