CVE-2017-6805

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6805
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-20 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-03-23 15:08:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mobatek Mobaxterm 9.4 All All All
Application Mobatek Mobaxterm 9.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2017-6805 MobaXterm Personal Edition v9.4 Directory Traversal File Disclosure FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txt MISC hyp3rlinx.altervista.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
MobaXterm Personal Edition CVE-2017-6805 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 Path Traversal ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 - Directory Traversal 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
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