CVE-2017-9497 — The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by pulling up the diagnostics menu on the set-top box, and then posting to a Web Inspector route

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The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by pulling up the diagnostics menu on the set-top box, and then posting to a Web Inspector route

Published Jul 31, 2017

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.45%

Description

The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by pulling up the diagnostics menu on the set-top box, and then posting to a Web Inspector route.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.45% 0.00453

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

EPSS probability 0.00453

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.45% (0.00453)	37.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.45% (0.00453)	38.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.08% (0.00076)	33.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.08% (0.00076)	32.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.08% (0.00076)	30.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.78% (0.00776)	21.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.78% (0.00776)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (1)

https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-41.root-command-execution.txt
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-41.root-command-execution.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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