CVE-2017-6527
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to a NUL-terminated directory traversal attack allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access system files readable by the web server user (by using the viewAppletFsa.cgi seqID…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to a NUL-terminated directory traversal attack allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access system files readable by the web server user (by using the viewAppletFsa.cgi seqID parameter).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 56.65% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 March 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- dnatools/dnalims
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 48.8% on 21 September 2026 to 56.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/
- https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/
- https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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