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CVE-2018-17172

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17172 describes an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability affecting specific Xerox AltaLink B80xx and C80xx series multifunction printers. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 100.001.028.05200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xerox:altalink_c8030_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 100.001.028.05200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xerox:altalink_c8035_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 100.002.028.05200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xerox:altalink_c8045_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 100.002.028.05200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xerox:altalink_c8055_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 100.003.028.05200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xerox:altalink_c8070_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

securitydocs.business.xerox.com / wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cert_Security_Mini_Bulletin_XRX18AL_for_ALB80xx-C80xx_v1.1.pdf
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