CVE-2017-5173
Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2024-05-15 by GCVE · shadowserver.
- Published2017-05-19
- WeaknessCWE-78
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-05-1903:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2024-05-1510:53Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
- 2024-05-1510:53Exploitation first reportedGCVE
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-5173?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | = 1.11.0.12 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Geutebrück IP Cameras
G-Cam/EFD-2250: Version 1.11.0.12
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-045-02 · 1 productGeutebrück 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.
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- GCVEexploitation2024-05-15
- NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.010read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score29.6 %read 2026-10-23
- Exploit-DBdetectionread 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2017-05-19
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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