FKIE_CVE-2017-7929

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-06 00:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:25
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
advantech webaccess *
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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  "id": "CVE-2017-7929",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:25:29.977",
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