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Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2017
CVE-2017-5595
A 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…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZO
Zoneminder · Zoneminder
through 1.30.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
ZO
Zoneminder
Zoneminder
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5595
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5595
Patch
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Feb/6
Patch
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/11
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96125
Patch
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/commit/8b19fca9927cdec07cc9dd09bdcf2496a5ae69b3
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