CVE-2017-15663

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In Flexense Disk Pulse Enterprise v10.1.18, the Control Protocol suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. The attack vector is a crafted SERVER_GET_INFO packet sent to control port 9120.

Published: 2018-01-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-15663 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.21%, 97th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-15663

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
43589 exploit_db edb 2018-01-15 Exploit-DB ↗
43452 exploit_db edb 2018-01-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15663

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 2026-04-20 18.10% 29.21% +11.11%
2 2026-03-14 18.29% 18.10% -0.19%
3 2026-03-03 — 18.29% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15663

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-15663

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15663

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flexense disk_pulse 10.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:flexense:disk_pulse:10.1.18:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-15663

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145763/Disk-Pulse-Enterprise-10.1.18-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43452/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43589/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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