The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-11322 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.33%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42936 | exploit_db | edb | 2017-10-02 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-10-06 | 0.64% | 1.33% | +0.69% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.16% | 0.64% | -0.52% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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1.5 | 6.0 | [email protected] |
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucopia | ucopia_wireless_appliance | <= 5.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:ucopia:ucopia_wireless_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |