High severity · published May 6, 2017
CVE-2017-7929
An Absolute Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1 and prior
7.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Absolute Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1 and prior. The absolute path traversal vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to traverse the file system to access restricted files or directories.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webaccess · Advantech
through 8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7929
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7929
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311
Mitigation
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03
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