High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2872
CVE-2017-2872
Description
Insufficient security checks exist in the recovery procedure used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.43. A HTTP request can allow for a user to perform a firmware upgrade using a crafted image. Before any firmware upgrades in this image are flashed to the device, binaries as well as arguments to shell commands contained in the image are executed with elevated privileges.
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Affected products
1- Foscam/Foscam Indoor IP Camera C1 Seriesv5Range: System Firmware Version: 1.9.3.18,Application Firmware Version: 2.52.2.43,Plug-In Version: 3.3.0.26
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0379nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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