CVE-2017-2872: Foscam c1 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient security checks exist in the recovery procedure used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.43. A HTTP request can allow for a user to perform a firmware upgrade using a crafted image. Before any firmware upgrades in this image are flashed to the device, binaries as well as arguments to shell commands contained in the image are executed with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Foscam c1 Firmware: version 2.52.2.43 only

Published 2018-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.