Is CVE-2017-8023 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-8023 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-8023?

CVE-2017-8023 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-8023?

CVE-2017-8023 has an EPSS score of 5.88% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8023?

Upgrade emc networker to 9.2.1.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-8023

CRITICALEPSS 92th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

EMC NetWorker may potentially be vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Networker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when oldauth authentication method is used. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send arbitrary commands via RPC service to be executed on the host system with the privileges of the nsrexecd service, which runs with administrative privileges.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

emc networkerNVD

Affected:>= 9.2.0.0, < 9.2.1.0Fixed in:9.2.1.0CVE-2017-8023derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

5.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

seclists.org

Other references1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2017-8023

Markdown

[![CVE-2017-8023](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2017-8023.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2017-8023)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2017-8023"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2017-8023.svg" alt="CVE-2017-8023"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.