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CVE-2017-7921

critical · 9.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Added 2026-03-05Remediation due 2026-03-26

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An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Hikvision DS-2CD2xx2F-I Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 build 160530, DS-2CD2xx0F-I Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160401, DS-2CD2xx2FWD Series V5.3.1 build 150410 to V5.4.4 Build 161125, DS-2CD4x2xFWD Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160414, DS-2CD4xx5 Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160421, DS-2DFx Series V5.2.0 build 140805 to V5.4.5 Build 160928, and DS-2CD63xx Series V5.0.9 build 140305 to V5.3.5 Build 160106 devices. The improper authentication vulnerability occurs when an application does not adequately or correctly authenticate users. This may allow a malicious user to escalate his or her privileges on the system and gain access to sensitive information.

9.8
CVSS
100.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2017-05-06
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
hikvisionds-2cd2032-i_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2112-i_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2132-i_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2212-i5_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2232-i5_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2312-i_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2332-i_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2412f-i(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2432f-i(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2512f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2532f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2612f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2632f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2712f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2732f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2t32-i3_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2t32-i5_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd2t32-i8_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012f-(a)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012f-(p)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012f-(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012fwd-(a)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012fwd-(p)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4012fwd-(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4024f-(a)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4024f-(p)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4024f-(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4032fwd-(a)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4032fwd-(p)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4032fwd-(w)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4112f-i(z)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4112fwd-i(z)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4124f-i(z)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4132fwd-i(z)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212f-i(h)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212f-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212f-i(z)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212fwd-i(h)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212fwd-i(s)_firmwareall versions
hikvisionds-2cd4212fwd-i(z)_firmwareall versions

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