CVE-2017-6445
A man-in-the-middle attacker could manipulate the update packages to gain root access remotely.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The auto-update feature of Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) 6.0.3, 7.0.1, and 8.0.4 uses neither encrypted connections nor signed updates. A man-in-the-middle attacker could manipulate the update packages to gain root access remotely.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-347
- Affected
- openelec/openelec
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96580
- https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/openelec-cve-2017-6445-revisited
- https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/openelec-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-through-man-in-the-middleExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96580
- https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/openelec-cve-2017-6445-revisited
- https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/openelec-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-through-man-in-the-middleExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.