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high 8.8

CVE-2017-18766 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9857

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects DST6501 before 1.1.0.6 and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.

Patch / fix

  • netgear dst6501_firmware 1.1.0.6
  • netgear wnr2000_firmware 1.2.0.8

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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