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CVE-2017-18396

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18396 is a local file-read vulnerability affecting cPanel versions prior to 68.0.15, specifically through its Exim vdomainaliases feature. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), an attacker with local user privileges could exploit this flaw to read arbitrary files on the system, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 61.9999.55, < 62.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 63.9999.74, < 64.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 65.9999.38, < 66.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 67.9999.64, < 68.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

documentation.cpanel.net / display/CL/68+Change+Log
ProductRelease Notes
news.cpanel.com / cpanel-tsr-2017-0006-full-disclosure
Vendor Advisory