CVE•Published 2017-03-10•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-2788Pharos · Popup
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
10.0
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
A buffer overflows 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 potential remote code execution. This client is always listening, has root privileges, and requires no user interaction to exploit.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-10
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-2788Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Pharos Popup" version:"9.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Popup"HTTP body or banner mentions "Popup" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-2788Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-2788Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-2788Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-2788GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-2788" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.