CVE-2017-7921
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Hikvision DS-2CD2xx2F-I Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 build 160530, DS-2CD2xx0F-I Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160401, DS-2CD2xx2FWD Series V5.3.1 build 150410 to V5.4.4 Build 161125, DS-2CD4x2xFWD Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160414, DS-2CD4xx5 Series V5.2.0 build 140721 to V5.4.0 Build 160421, DS-2DFx Series V5.2.0 build 140805 to V5.4.5 Build 160928, and DS-2CD63xx Series V5.0.9 build 140305 to V5.3.5 Build 160106 devices. The improper authentication vulnerability occurs when an application does not adequately or correctly authenticate users. This may allow a malicious user to escalate his or her privileges on the system and gain access to sensitive information.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 100.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2026-03-05
- Nuclei
- critical · CWE-287
- Published
- 2017-05-06
- Updated
- 2026-03-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (20)
- 201646613/CVE-2017-79216★ · 2022-07-20
- BurnyMcDull/CVE-2017-792136★ · 2020-11-19
- D2550/CVE_2017_7921_EXP5★ · 2023-04-06
- GabrielAvls/CVE-2017-79210★ · 2023-08-27
- JrDw0/CVE-2017-7921-EXP102★ · 2023-12-04
- K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2017-7921-EXPLOIT50★ · 2025-08-05
- MisakaMikato/cve-2017-7921-golang13★ · 2026-03-17
- WhaleFell/CameraHack239★ · 2022-08-03
- b3pwn3d/CVE-2017-79210★ · 2023-11-20
- blkgzs/CameraHack32★ · 2022-07-13
- chrisjd20/hikvision_CVE-2017-7921_auth_bypass_config_decryptor116★ · 2021-01-29
- inj3ction/CVE-2017-7921-EXP0★ · 2022-10-19
- kooroshsanaei/HikVision-CVE-2017-79216★ · 2024-07-02
- krypton612/hikivision2★ · 2023-07-04
- p4tq/hikvision_CVE-2017-7921_auth_bypass_config_decryptor0★ · 2022-06-15
- 0xf3d0rq/CVE-2017-7921
- KelvinWin10/CVE-2017-7921-rewrite
- alkaid176/CVE-2017-7921
- blacksheepstudio/CVE-2017-7921-EXP
- mverschu/CVE-2017-7921
Nuclei templates (1)
Metasploit modules (1)
Exploit collections (2)
- chaitin/xray/blob/master/pocs/hikvision-cve-2017-7921.yml
- zan8in/afrog/blob/main/pocs/afrog-pocs/CVE/2017/CVE-2017-7921.yaml