This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager.

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

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.9%

percentile 87%

Public exploits

none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within download.jsp. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to download a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to expose sensitive information. Was ZDI-CAN-4750.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

NetGain Systems NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-39 Path Traversal: 'C:dirname'
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-17-951 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
tenable.com /security/research/tra-2018-02 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-16609
NVD: CVE-2017-16609

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