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CVE-2017-8974

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8974 describes a local authentication restriction bypass vulnerability affecting specific versions of HPE NonStop Server (L-Series, J-Series, and H-Series). This medium-severity vulnerability, rated 4.4 CVSSv3, allows a local attacker with low privileges to bypass authentication restrictions with low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= t6533h02, <= t6533h04\^adfCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:nonstop_server_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= t6533l01, <= t6533l01\^adnCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:nonstop_server_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102530
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry