Is CVE-2017-9942 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-9942 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-9942?

CVE-2017-9942 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-9942?

CVE-2017-9942 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2017-9942?

No published fix for CVE-2017-9942 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9942

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SiPass integrated (All versions before V2.70) that could allow an attacker with local access to the SiPass integrated server or SiPass integrated client to potentially obtain credentials from the systems.

CWE-257

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

siemens.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-257 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2026-20128	High	7.5	5.3%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-23382	Medium	6.5	3.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-1010241	Medium	6.5	1.5%	-	-
CVE-2024-32151	Medium	5.9	1.3%	-	-
CVE-2021-27485	High	7.5	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-0220	Medium	6.8	1.2%	-	-

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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 2026-05-13.