Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-16788 · published 15 December 2017
CVE-2017-16788: Meinbergglobal lantime firmware path traversal vulnerability
Meinbergglobal · Lantime Firmware
Directory traversal vulnerability in the "Upload Groupkey" functionality in the Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with Admin-User access to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by uploading a file, as demonstrated by storing a file in the cron.d directory.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the "Upload Groupkey" functionality in the Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with Admin-User access to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by uploading a file, as demonstrated by storing a file in the cron.d directory.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-16788), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.