CVE-2017-3222
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative...
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
- Record
CVE-2017-3222- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
- Record
CVE-2017-3222- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12343 No score
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
- Record
EUVD-2017-12343- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7xqj-6f23-pp2x
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative...
Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager.
- Record
GHSA-7xqj-6f23-pp2x- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3222 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Inmarsat Amosconnect, published July 22, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.41%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.