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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.

7.2 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 4.0% · top 9.8% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.2CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
4.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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

LinkTags
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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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.