CVE-2017-17020

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

On D-Link DCS-5009 devices with firmware 1.08.11 and earlier, DCS-5010 devices with firmware 1.14.09 and earlier, and DCS-5020L devices with firmware before 1.15.01, command injection in alphapd (binary responsible for running the camera's web server) allows remote authenticated attackers to execute code through sanitized /setSystemAdmin user input in the AdminID field being passed directly to a call to system.

Affected products

Dlink Dcs-5009 Firmware: through 1.08.11
Dlink Dcs-5010 Firmware: through 1.14.09
D-Link DCS-5020L: through 1.14.09

References

http://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10084
https://www.fidusinfosec.com/dlink-dcs-5030l-remote-code-execution-cve-2017-17020/
http://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10084
https://www.fidusinfosec.com/dlink-dcs-5030l-remote-code-execution-cve-2017-17020/

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