# CVE-2017-18377

> As of 2024-08-05, CVE-2017-18377 is a vulnerability, EPSS 6.7% (93.8th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2017-18377, most recently “TuxBot v3 Evolution: LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Framework With a Broken Multi-CVE Exploit Chain”.

**Last updated:** 2024-08-05

## What is CVE-2017-18377?

An issue was discovered on Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM cameras. There is Command Injection in the set_ftp.cgi script via shell metacharacters in the pwd variable, as demonstrated by a set_ftp.cgi?svr=192.168.1.1&port=21&user=ftp URI.

The identifier was first published 2696 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **EPSS (FIRST):** 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.8/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2019-06-11, last modified 2024-08-05

## Is CVE-2017-18377 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2017-18377 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2017/CVE-2017-18377.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2017-18377 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.

## How to fix CVE-2017-18377

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2017-18377 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2017-18377

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2017-18377, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [TuxBot v3 Evolution: LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Framework With a Broken Multi-CVE Exploit Chain](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1366) — HIGH · 2026-07-15

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [pierrekim.github.io](https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#pre-auth-root-rce)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2017-18377
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2017-18377 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp