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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-16787

The Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging failure to restrict URL access.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.5EPSS 6.62%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

The Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging failure to restrict URL access.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
6.62% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 13 December 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
meinbergglobal/lantime firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 6.62%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 6.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-43332source ↗Meinberg LANTIME Web Configuration Utility 6.16.008 - Arbitrary File Readcgi · Jakub Palaczynskiwebapps13 December 2017no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.