{"id":"CVE-2017-9640","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9640","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:09:28.392Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-08-25T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:28:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["automatedlogic/i-vu","automatedlogic/sitescan web","carrier/automatedlogic webctrl"],"epss":{"score":0.0845,"percentile":0.94982,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.13848,"percentile":0.96409},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.0845,"percentile":0.94759}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-08-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42543,"kind":"exploit","title":"Automated Logic WebCTRL 6.1 - Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Write","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42543","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/java/webapps/42543.txt","file":"exploits/java/webapps/42543.txt","published":"2017-08-22","added":"2017-08-23","updated":"2017-08-23","author":"LiquidWorm","type":"webapps","platform":"java","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-9640"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.13848,"from":0.0845,"percentile":0.96409},"summary":"EPSS moved from 8.5% to 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100452","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42543/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100452","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42543/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9640","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."}