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CVE-2017-16720

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—💥 Exploit

A Path Traversal issue was discovered in WebAccess versions 8.3.2 and earlier. An attacker has access to files within the directory structure of the target device.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

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Affected technologies (1)

Advantech — Webaccess

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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