CVE-2017-2850: Foscam c1 Indoor Hd Camera Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the web management interface in Foscam C1 Indoor HD cameras with application firmware 2.52.2.37, a specially crafted HTTP request can allow for a user to inject arbitrary characters in the pureftpd.passwd file during a username change, which in turn allows for bypassing chroot restrictions in the FTP server. An attacker can simply send an HTTP request to the device to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Foscam c1 Indoor Hd Camera Firmware: version 2.52.2.37 only

Published 2017-06-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.