CVE-2017-17020

HIGH

D-Link DCS-5009 <1.08.11, DCS-5010 <1.14.09, DCS-5020L <1.15.01 Authenticated OS Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-17020. PoCs published by Fidus InfoSecurity.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The writeup describes a command injection vulnerability in D-Link DCS-5020L cameras, where an attacker can escape the 'sed' command via payloads like '`touch a`' or 'AdminID=a`telnetd`', leading to remote code execution.

Description

On D-Link DCS-5009 devices with firmware 1.08.11 and earlier, DCS-5010 devices with firmware 1.14.09 and earlier, and DCS-5020L devices with firmware before 1.15.01, command injection in alphapd (binary responsible for running the camera's web server) allows remote authenticated attackers to execute code through sanitized /setSystemAdmin user input in the AdminID field being passed directly to a call to system.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Fidus InfoSecurity · textwebappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44580

The writeup describes a command injection vulnerability in D-Link DCS-5020L cameras, where an attacker can escape the 'sed' command via payloads like '`touch a`' or 'AdminID=a`telnetd`', leading to remote code execution.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: D-Link DCS-5020L Wireless N Day & Night Pan/Tilt Cloud Camera
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the vulnerable device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1506
EPSS Percentile 96.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (3)
dlink/dcs-5009_firmware < 1.08.11
dlink/dcs-5010_firmware < 1.14.09
dlink/dcs-5020l_firmware < 1.14.09
Published May 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026