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CVE-2017-18777

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18777 describes an administrative password disclosure vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router models, including the D6220, R7000, and R8500, across various firmware versions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. Organizations should prioritize patching affected devices to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to administrative credentials.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.3.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn2200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn2200b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

kb.netgear.com / 000049551/Security-Advisory-for-Administrative-Password-Disclosure-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-0385
Vendor Advisory