CVE-2017-20105 (GCVE-0-2017-20105)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-28 06:40 – Updated: 2025-04-15 14:11
VLAI
Title
Simplessus path traversal
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Simplessus 3.7.7. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument path with the input ..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd leads to path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.8.3 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Feb/40 x_refsource_MISC
https://vuldb.com/?id.97253 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Credits
Dr. Adrian Vollmer
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