CVE-2017-8861
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an...
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an attacker to change configuration parameters such as IP address and username/password via specially crafted XML SOAP packets.
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
9.8
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an attacker to change configuration parameters such as IP address and username/password via specially crafted XML SOAP packets.
- Record
CVE-2017-8861- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an attacker to change configuration parameters such as IP address and username/password via specially crafted XML SOAP packets.
- Record
CVE-2017-8861- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17803 No score
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an attacker to change configuration parameters such as IP address and username/password via specially crafted XML SOAP packets.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17803- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7397-v773-mg5p
9.8
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an...
Missing authentication for the remote configuration port 1236/tcp on the Cohu 3960HD allows an attacker to change configuration parameters such as IP address and username/password via specially crafted XML SOAP packets.
- Record
GHSA-7397-v773-mg5p- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- 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-2017-8861 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cohuhd 3960hd Firmware, published November 22, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.