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CVE-2017-18829

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18829 describes a vertical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR M4300 and M4200 series devices running firmware versions prior to 12.0.2.15. This vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to gain elevated privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), the attack complexity is low, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-8x8f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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 / 000049032/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1937
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