CVE-2017-7524

tpm2-tools versions before 1.1.1 are vulnerable to a password leak due to transmitting password in plaintext from client to server when generating HMAC.

Published: 2017-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-7524 is rated Moderate Risk (53.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.24%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7524

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 0.25% 1.24% +0.99%
2 2025-11-21 0.27% 0.25% -0.02%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-7524

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:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-7524

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7524

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-7524 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tpm2-tools), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7524
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7524
suse high CVE-2017-7524 severity important: SUSE including 14 source package names (tpm2.0-tools, tpm2.0-tools-2.0.0-2.1, …), 32 product×package rows across 32 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (32 product lines)): Fixed 20, Known Not Affected 12. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7524/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-7524 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tpm2-tools), 8 status rows across 8 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 3, not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7524

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7524

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tpm2-tools_project tpm2.0-tools <= 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:tpm2-tools_project:tpm2.0-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-7524

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