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CVE-2017-9497

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9497 describes a critical vulnerability in Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM devices, allowing physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) requires physical access to the set-top box, but once achieved, it grants full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
mx011an_2.9p6s1_prod_seyCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:mx011anm_firmware:mx011an_2.9p6s1_prod_sey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-41.root-command-execution.txt
Third Party Advisory