Reporter.exe in Acunetix 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed PRE file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at reporter!madTraceProcess."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-11674 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.47% | 1.74% | +1.26% |
| 2 | 2026-01-14 | 0.14% | 0.47% | +0.33% |
| 3 | 2025-12-10 | — | 0.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| acunetix | web_vulnerability_scanner | 8 | cpe:2.3:a:acunetix:web_vulnerability_scanner:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/07/readwrite-access-violation-acunetix.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |