{"id":"CVE-2017-9966","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9966","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:58.690Z","title":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise versions 2.0 and prior.","description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise versions 2.0 and prior. By replacing certain files, an unauthorized user can obtain system privileges and the inserted code would execute at an elevated privilege level.","published":"2018-01-02T03:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:29:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cybersecurity@se.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["schneider-electric/pelco videoxpert"],"epss":{"score":0.01618,"percentile":0.75918,"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 (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102338","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cybersecurity@se.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-355-02","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cybersecurity@se.com"},{"url":"https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-339-01/","source":"cybersecurity@se.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102338","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-355-02","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-339-01/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9966","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."}