Buffer overflow in Claymore Dual Miner Project
CVE-2017-16929
The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 is vulnerable to an authenticated directory traversal vulnerability exploited by issuing a specially crafted request, allowing a remote attacker to read/write arbitrary files. This can be exploited via ../ sequences in the pathname to miner_file or miner_getfile.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.129 (96.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.129 · newest: 0.129 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Claymore Dual Miner Project — versions 10.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16929 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3 (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16929?
- CVE-2017-16929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Claymore Dual Miner Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-12-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16929?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-16929 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.