CVE-2017-9640
A Path Traversal issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web prior to 6.5; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
A Path Traversal issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web prior to 6.5; ALC WebCTRL, SiteScan Web 6.1 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu 6.0 and prior; ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.5 and prior; and ALC WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan Web 5.2 and prior. An authenticated attacker may be able to overwrite files that are used to execute code. This vulnerability does not affect version 6.5 of the software.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 8.45% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 22 August 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- automatedlogic/i-vu · automatedlogic/sitescan web · carrier/automatedlogic webctrl
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS moved from 13.8% on 21 September 2026 to 8.5% 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/100452Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42543/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100452Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42543/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.