CVE-2017-9522 describes a vulnerability in Time Warner firmware on Technicolor TC8717T devices where the default Wi-Fi passphrase is predictably generated from the SSID and BSSID. This design flaw allows remote attackers to easily derive the passphrase by observing beacon frames, facilitating unauthorized network access. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability presents a low-complexity attack vector (AV:N/AC:L) that requires no user interaction (UI:N) and can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:spectrum:tc8717t_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.