CVE-2017-16929

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

12.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-05 09:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2cef0abf8a6b77bf19bb4f14effece1167292ef3a9a4f8700354fe91017f0b09

• www.exploit-db.com43231https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• github.comhttps://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16929x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3x_refsource_MISC