CVE-2017-3222
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.41% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- inmarsat/amosconnect
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 7.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-response-to-ioactive-claims/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99899Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://twitter.com/mkolsek/status/923988845783322625Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/586501Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-response-to-ioactive-claims/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99899Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://twitter.com/mkolsek/status/923988845783322625Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/586501Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.