CVE-2017-10974 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlier research on this product.

Published: 2017-07-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 89.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yaws:yaws:1.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.89548.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/YAWS-WEB-SERVER-v1.91-UNAUTHENTICATED-REMOTE-FILE-DISCLOSURE.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99515
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42303/

History

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Subscriptions

Yaws Yaws

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-07T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:57.172Z

Reserved: 2017-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-10974

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-07T11:29:00.230

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-10974

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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