CVE-2017-2872

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Insufficient security checks exist in the recovery procedure used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.43. A HTTP request can allow for a user to perform a firmware upgrade using a crafted image. Before any firmware upgrades in this image are flashed to the device, binaries as well as arguments to shell commands contained in the image are executed with elevated privileges.

Affected products

Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera: 2.52.2.43

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0379
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0379

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