CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-9097

Antiweb vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
In Anti-Web through 3.8.7, as used on NetBiter FGW200 devices through 3.21.2, WS100 devices through 3.30.5, EC150 devices through 1.40.0, WS200 devices through 3.30.4, EC250 devices through 1.40.0, and other products, an LFI vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read or modify files through a path traversal technique, as demonstrated by reading the password file, or using the template parameter to cgi-bin/write.cgi to write to an arbitrary file.
Affected vendor
Hoytech
Affected product
Antiweb
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-06-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-9097

  • Confirm whether Hoytech Antiweb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-9097.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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