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CVE-2017-20201

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-20201 describes a supply chain compromise affecting CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 (32-bit builds). Malicious code was embedded, diverting execution to a custom loader that deployed an in-memory payload for data collection and exfiltration to hard-coded or DGA C2 servers. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts through remote data collection and stealthy in-memory execution. While not listed on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild as a supply chain attack. There are no public Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
PiriformCCleaner Cloud
1.07.3191CNA affecteddefault unaffected
PiriformCCleaner
5.33.6162CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
HIGH
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.avast.com / progress-on-ccleaner-investigation
blog.avast.com / update-to-the-ccleaner-5.33.6162-security-incident
blog.talosintelligence.com / avast-distributes-malware
ccleaner.com
ccleaner.com / knowledge/security-notification-ccleaner-v5336162-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191
crowdstrike.com / en-us/blog/protecting-software-supply-chain-deep-insights-ccleaner-backdoor
morphisec.com / blog/morphisec-discovers-ccleaner-backdoor
vulncheck.com / advisories/ccleaner-and-ccleaner-cloud-malicious-backdoor-supply-chain-compromise