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CVE-2017-2871
Insufficient security checks exist in the recovery procedure used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware…
Critical9.6EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
Insufficient security checks exist in the recovery procedure used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.43. An attacker who is in the same subnetwork of the camera or has remote administrator access can fully compromise the device by performing a firmware recovery using a custom image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By talos
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.
Weakness
- Improper Authentication
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (1)
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0378 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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