This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of NetGain Systems Enterprise Mana…

Published 8 y ago 2018-01-23 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.4%

percentile 89%

Public exploits

none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager 7.2.730 build 1034. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the org.apache.jsp.u.jsp.reports.export_005fdownload_jsp servlet, which listens on TCP port 8081 by default. When parsing the filename parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of Administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-5118.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

NetGain Systems NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-17-960 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-16595
NVD: CVE-2017-16595

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