CVE-2017-5595

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5595
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-06 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-16 14:09:00 UTC
DescriptionA file disclosure and inclusion vulnerability exists in web/views/file.php in ZoneMinder 1.x through v1.30.0 because of unfiltered user-input being passed to readfile(), which allows an authenticated attacker to read local system files (e.g., /etc/passwd) in the context of the web server user (www-data). The attack vector is a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter within a zm/index.php?view=file&path= request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zoneminder Zoneminder All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: ZoneMinder - multiple vulnerabilities MISC seclists.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: ZoneMinder - multiple vulnerabilities MISC seclists.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ZoneMinder 'web/views/file.php' Local File Include Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
sanitize the image path before processing · ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder@8b19fca · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501340 Alpine Linux Security Update for zoneminder

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