CVE-2017-9833
/cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
/cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges. NOTE: multiple third parties report that this is a system-integrator issue (e.g., a vulnerability on one type of camera) because Boa does not include any wapopen program or any code to read a FILECAMERA variable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 68.46% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 20 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- boa/boa
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 68.5% 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.
References
- https://pastebin.com/raw/rt7LJvyFExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42290/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://pastebin.com/raw/rt7LJvyFExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42290/Exploit, 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.