CVE-2017-2785
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the psnotifyd application of the Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0. A specially crafted packet can be sent to the victim's computer and can lead to a heap based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. This client is always listening, has root privileges, and requires no user interaction to exploit.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.15% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-03-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pharos | popup |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD