CVE-2017-5982

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5982
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-28 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-23 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the Chorus2 2.4.2 add-on for Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot dot slash) in the image path, as demonstrated by image/image%3A%2F%2F%2e%2e%252fetc%252fpasswd.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kodi Kodi 17.1 All All All
Application Kodi Kodi 17.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Kodi Chorus2 CVE-2017-5982 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Kodi 17.1 Arbitrary File Disclosure ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: [Kodi v17.1] - Local File Inclusion FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 3712-1] kodi security update lists.debian.org
Kodi 17.1 - Arbitrary File Disclosure EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 6000437 Debian Security Update for kodi (DLA 3712-1)
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