CVE-2017-9493 — The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows remote attackers to conduct successful forced-pairing attacks (between an RF4CE remote and a set-top box) by repeatedly transmitting the same pairing code

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The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows remote attackers to conduct successful forced-pairing attacks (between an RF4CE remote and a set-top box) by repeatedly transmitting the same pairing code

Published Jul 31, 2017

6.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.70%

Description

The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows remote attackers to conduct successful forced-pairing attacks (between an RF4CE remote and a set-top box) by repeatedly transmitting the same pairing code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.70% 0.00703

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00703

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.70% (0.00703)	51.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.70% (0.00703)	51.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.15% (0.00151)	51.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 15, 2023	0.15% (0.00151)	51.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.13% (0.00129)	47.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00089)	36.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.52% (0.00523)	12.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00523)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-37.rf4ce-forced-pairing.vendor.txt
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-37.rf4ce-forced-pairing.vendor.txt		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 31, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 2017

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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