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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-8224 json

Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices have a backdoor root account that can be accessed with TELNET.

published 2017-04-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17186

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.8%
EPSS 8.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices have a backdoor root account that can be accessed with TELNET.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-43142)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43142 Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM - Remote Code Execution remote, 2017-03-08
  • pierrekim.github.io https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#backdoor-account referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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