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CVE-2017-9833

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10

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CVE-2017-9833 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. /cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges. NOTE: multiple third parties report that this is a system-integrator issue (e.g., a vulnerability on one type of camera) because Boa does not include any wapopen program or any code to read a FILECAMERA variable..

Description

/cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges. NOTE: multiple third parties report that this is a system-integrator issue (e.g., a vulnerability on one type of camera) because Boa does not include any wapopen program or any code to read a FILECAMERA variable.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
BoaBoa0.94.14.21

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2017-9833?
/cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges. NOTE: multiple third parties report that this is a system-integrator issue (e.g., a vulnerability on one type of camera) because Boa does not include any wapopen program or any code to read a FILECAMERA variable.
How severe is CVE-2017-9833?
CVE-2017-9833 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity).
How do I fix CVE-2017-9833?
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Source: NVD / NIST