{"id":"CVE-2017-11322","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11322","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:09:54.510Z","title":"The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.","description":"The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.","published":"2017-10-03T01:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["ucopia/ucopia wireless appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.05075,"percentile":0.92291,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-10-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42936,"kind":"exploit","title":"UCOPIA Wireless Appliance < 5.1.8 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/42936.md","file":"exploits/linux/local/42936.md","published":"2017-10-02","added":"2017-10-02","updated":"2017-10-02","author":"Sysdream","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-11322"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11322","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}