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CVE-2017-9453

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9453 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting BMC Server Automation versions prior to 8.9.01 patch 1, allowing for remote command execution through the Process Spawner. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.9.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:server_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 30th 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

docs.bmc.com / docs/serverautomation/2002/notification-of-critical-security-issue-in-bmc-server-automation-cve-2017-9453-1020706453.html
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