What is CVE-2017-9602?

CVE-2017-9602 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kbvault MySQL Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-9602?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-9602 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Kbvault MySQL Project

CVE-2017-9602

KBVault Mysql Free Knowledge Base application package 0.16a comes with a FileExplorer/Explorer.aspx?id=/Uploads file-management component. An unauthenticated user can access the file upload and deletion functionality. Through this functionality, a user can upload an ASPX script to Uploads/Documents/ to run any arbitrary code.

EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kbvault_mysql_project Kbvault_mysql — versions 0.16a
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Mitigation, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9602?: CVE-2017-9602 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kbvault MySQL Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-9602?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9602 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.