{"id":"CVE-2017-8862","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8862","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:33.922Z","title":"The webupgrade function on the Cohu 3960HD does not verify the firmware upgrade files or process, allowing an attacker to upload a specially crafted postinstall.sh file that will be executed with \"root\" privileges.","description":"The webupgrade function on the Cohu 3960HD does not verify the firmware upgrade files or process, allowing an attacker to upload a specially crafted postinstall.sh file that will be executed with \"root\" privileges.","published":"2017-11-22T08:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:27:06.000Z","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-434"],"affected":["cohuhd/3960hd firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01483,"percentile":0.73832,"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 (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bneg.io/2017/05/12/vulnerabilities-in-cohu-3960hd/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bneg.io/2017/05/12/vulnerabilities-in-cohu-3960hd/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8862","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."}