Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-7929
Published: May 19, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6608
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7929
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness exists in the odbcPg4.asp component due to insufficient validation of the path that is used for file operations. A remote attacker can traverse the file system, overwrite files on the targeted system and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the odbcPg4.asp component due to insufficient validation of the path that is used for file operations. A remote attacker can traverse the file system, overwrite files on the targeted system and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
Advantech WebAccess
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7929
Update to version 8.2_20170330.