CVE-2017-6805

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

7.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-03-20 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-10

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

793a3ed027c58875b4f019b168d001e7d73a672591b6b92e65f0087eafdf2943

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com96886http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96886vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com41592https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41592/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• seclists.org20170314 CVE-2017-6805 MobaXterm Personal Edition v9.4 Directory Traversal File Disclosurehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• hyp3rlinx.altervista.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txtx_refsource_MISC