Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2017
CVE-2017-16661
Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by placing the Log Path into a private directory, and then making a clog.php?filename= request, as…
4.9
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by placing the Log Path into a private directory, and then making a clog.php?filename= request, as demonstrated by filename=passwd (with a Log Path under /etc) to read /etc/passwd.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
1.1.27 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16661
Exploit
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1066
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