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CVE-2017-6665

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6665 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software's Autonomic Networking feature. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this to reset the Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) and view cleartext ACP packets. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires adjacent network access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. However, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.2\(3\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170726-aniacp
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99969
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038998
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry