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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-16885 in the critical feed json

Improper Permissions Handling in the Portal on FiberHome LM53Q1 VH519R05C01S38 devices (intended for obtaining information about Internet U…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-8056

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
33.5%
EPSS 33.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Improper Permissions Handling in the Portal on FiberHome LM53Q1 VH519R05C01S38 devices (intended for obtaining information about Internet Usage, Changing Passwords, etc.) allows remote attackers to look for the information without authenticating. The information includes Version of device, Firmware ID, Connected users to device along their MAC Addresses, etc.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-43460)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

33.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43460 FiberHome LM53Q1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2018-01-08

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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