cve-2019-17662

HIGH vulncheck_kev
Description

ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.

Timeline
Published
2019-10-16 00:00 UTC
Last Modified
2019-10-16
CVSS Details

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Affected Products

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References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

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  "cvss": 0.0,
  "datePublished": "2019-10-16T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2019-10-16T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.",
  "dueDate": "",
  "id": "CVE-2019-17662",
  "kev_catalogs": [
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  ],
  "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
  "product": "thinvnc",
  "requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "source": "vulncheck_kev",
  "title": "cybelsoft thinvnc Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory",
  "vendor": "cybelsoft"
}
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