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CVE-2017-12065

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12065 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Cacti versions prior to 1.1.16, specifically within the spikekill.php script. Attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the avgnan, outlier-start, or outlier-end parameters, leading to a complete compromise of the affected system with a CVSS score of 9.8. Despite its high severity and ease of exploitation (network-based with no user interaction), there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0292 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cacti.net / release_notes.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / Cacti/cacti/commit/bd0e586f6f46d814930226f1516a194e7e72293e
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / Cacti/cacti/issues/877
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-10
securityfocus.com / bid/100080