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CVE-2017-12289

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12289 describes a vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software's IPsec feature, specifically within its conditional, verbose debug logging. An authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials could exploit this by enabling verbose IPsec logging, revealing sensitive configuration details in the system log. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high confidentiality impact. 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
<= 16.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-cisco-ios-xe1
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101509
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039628
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry