PT-2018-6235 · Unknown · Dmmcquay.Lab6

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2020-09-01 · CVE-2017-16208

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: dmmcquay.lab6 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a directory traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access the filesystem by manipulating the URL with "../" entries, potentially leading to the disclosure of private files on the system. For example, an attacker could send a "GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1" request to access sensitive files.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16208

GHSA-CCW5-7VFH-P5HM

Affected Products

Dmmcquay.Lab6

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/dmmcquay.lab6 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16208 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-ccw5-7vfh-p5hm · Vendor Advisory
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/426 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/426 · Note