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CVE-2017-17860

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.7)—
Severity5.7Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.29 %higher than 20% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In Samsung Gear products, Bluetooth link key is updated to the different key which is same with attacker's link key. It can be attacked without user's intention only if attacker can reveal the Bluetooth address of target device and paired user's smartphone

CVSS

Base score
5.7
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.29 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
20
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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