{"id":"CVE-2017-7524","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7524","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:50:56.780Z","title":"tpm2-tools versions before 1.1.1 are vulnerable to a password leak due to transmitting password in plaintext from client to server when generating HMAC.","description":"tpm2-tools versions before 1.1.1 are vulnerable to a password leak due to transmitting password in plaintext from client to server when generating HMAC.","published":"2017-06-27T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:24:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["tpm2-tools project/tpm2.0-tools"],"epss":{"score":0.01242,"percentile":0.69044,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/01org/tpm2.0-tools/commit/c5d72beaab1cbbbe68271f4bc4b6670d69985157","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/01org/tpm2.0-tools/commit/c5d72beaab1cbbbe68271f4bc4b6670d69985157","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7524","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."}