CVE-2017-8794 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. Because a regular expression (intended to match local https URLs) lacks an initial ^ character, courier/web/1000@/wmProgressval.html allows SSRF attacks with a file:///etc/passwd#https:// URL pattern.

Published: 2017-05-05

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17737	An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. Because a regular expression (intended to match local https URLs) lacks an initial ^ character, courier/web/1000@/wmProgressval.html allows SSRF attacks with a file:///etc/passwd#https:// URL pattern.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00324.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/32e2894fa29176f3f32cb2b2bb7c24cb

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Accellion File Transfer Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-05T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.881Z

Reserved: 2017-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8794

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-05T18:29:00.447

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

Link: CVE-2017-8794

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-918

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