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CVE-2017-9828

76
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9828 is a critical shell command injection vulnerability affecting the web service of various VIVOTEK Network Cameras, including models like IB8369, FD8164, and FD816BA. An unauthenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands as root by injecting metacharacters into the 'senderemail' parameter of a crafted HTTP request to the '/cgi-bin/admin/testserver.cgi' endpoint. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability requires no user interaction or prior authentication, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no confirmed active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
ib8369-vvtk-0102aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vivotek:network_camera_ib8369_firmware:ib8369-vvtk-0102a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fd8164-_vvtk-0200bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vivotek:network_camera_fd8164_firmware:fd8164-_vvtk-0200b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fd816ba-vvtk-010101.CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vivotek:network_camera_fd816ba_firmware:fd816ba-vvtk-010101.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
82.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8246 is in the 98th 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

blog.cal1.cn / post/An%20easy%20way%20to%20pwn%20most%20of%20the%20vivotek%20network%20cameras
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