CVE-2017-8224
Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices have a backdoor root account that can be accessed with TELNET.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 8.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices have a backdoor root account that can be accessed with TELNET.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.82% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 8 March 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- wificam/wireless ip camera \(p2p\) firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.7% on 21 September 2026 to 8.8% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#backdoor-accountExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#backdoor-accountExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.