7.2
HIGH
CVE-2017-16788
Meinberg LANTIME Directory Traversal Root Privilege Escalation
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the "Upload Groupkey" functionality in the Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with Admin-User access to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by uploading a file, as demonstrated by storing a file in the cron.d directory.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 15, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 3, 2018, 1:05 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-16788 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Meinbergglobal lantime_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32 Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-16788 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:meinbergglobal:lantime_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.24.004 OR cpe:2.3:o:meinbergglobal:lantime:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} 0.00%

score

0.59395

percentile

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