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CVE-2017-15550

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15550 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting EMC Avamar Server, NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE), and Integrated Data Protection Appliance. A remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges could exploit this flaw to access arbitrary files on the server's file system, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-21:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-145CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-145:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-302CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-302:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1-370CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-370:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2-32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.2-32:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0823 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/17
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102358
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040070
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry