{"id":"CVE-2017-15220","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15220","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:44.730Z","title":"Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring.","description":"Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.","published":"2017-10-11T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["flexense/vx search"],"epss":{"score":0.07104,"percentile":0.94204,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.05088,"percentile":0.91997},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.07104,"percentile":0.93952}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-10-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42973,"kind":"exploit","title":"VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 - Remote Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/42973.py","file":"exploits/windows/remote/42973.py","published":"2017-10-09","added":"2017-10-11","updated":"2017-10-11","author":"Revnic Vasile","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-15220"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comvxsearchent_setup_v10.1.12.exe","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15220","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."}