{"id":"CVE-2017-16788","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16788","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:21:36.414Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-12-15T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["meinbergglobal/lantime firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.03995,"percentile":0.90464,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/32","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16788","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}