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high 7.1

CVE-2017-9966 json

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise versions 2.0 and prior.

published 2018-01-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18875

cvss
7.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise versions 2.0 and prior. By replacing certain files, an unauthorized user can obtain system privileges and the inserted code would execute at an elevated privilege level.

Patch / fix

  • schneider-electric pelco_videoxpert 2.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-355-02 updated cvss 7.1

Schneider Electric Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise

  • Schneider Electric Software, LLC Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise < 2.1
    affected: mitigation “Schneider Electric has released firmware Version 2.1 for VideoXpert to address these vulnerabilities. :” pelco.com

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

Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Schneider Electric SE Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise

References

Sources

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