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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-16786 · published 19 December 2017

CVE-2017-16786: Meinbergglobal lantime firmware information exposure vulnerability

Meinbergglobal · Lantime Firmware

The Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to read arbitrary files via (1) the ntpclientcounterlogfile parameter to cgi-bin/mainv2 or (2) vectors involving curl support of the "file" schema in the firmware update functionality.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% · top 19.9% CWE-200 · Information exposure
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.8
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to read arbitrary files via (1) the ntpclientcounterlogfile parameter to cgi-bin/mainv2 or (2) vectors involving curl support of the "file" schema in the firmware update functionality.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145388/Meinberg-LANTIME-Web-Configuration-Utility-6.16.008-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/50 Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145388/Meinberg-LANTIME-Web-Configuration-Utility-6.16.008-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/50 Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-16786), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.