Path Traversal in Meinbergglobal Lantime

CVE-2017-16788

Directory traversal vulnerability in the "Upload Groupkey" functionality in the Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with Admin-User access to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by uploading a file, as demonstrated by storing a file in the cron.d directory.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.040 (89.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16788?
CVE-2017-16788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meinbergglobal Lantime, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-16788?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.