CVE-2017-5173 in the critical feed json
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements (in an OS command) issue was discovered in Geutebruck IP Camera G-Cam/EFD-2250 Version 1.11.…
published 2017-05-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14282
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 29.6%
- EPSS 29.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements (in an OS command) issue was discovered in Geutebruck IP Camera G-Cam/EFD-2250 Version 1.11.0.12. An improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability has been identified. If special elements are not properly neutralized, an attacker can call multiple parameters that can allow access to the root level operating system which could allow remote code execution.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-17-045-02 updated cvss 9.8
Geutebrück IP Cameras
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Geutebrück G-Cam/EFD-2250 1.11.0.12affected: mitigation “Geutebrück recommends customers download and update with the newest patch from this location by registering for a new web club account or logging into an existing account.”
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-41360)
- Published
Exploit prediction
29.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-41360 Geutebruck 5.02024 G-Cam/EFD-2250 - 'testaction.cgi' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2017-02-15
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- n/a Geutebruck IP Cameras
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
References
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exploit-db.com
/exploits/41360/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/96209
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSA-17-045-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-5173
- NVD CVE-2017-5173
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