Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5595
CVE-2017-5595
Description
A file disclosure and inclusion vulnerability exists in web/views/file.php in ZoneMinder 1.x through v1.30.0 because of unfiltered user-input being passed to readfile(), which allows an authenticated attacker to read local system files (e.g., /etc/passwd) in the context of the web server user (www-data). The attack vector is a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter within a zm/index.php?view=file&path= request.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Feb/6nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/11nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/commit/8b19fca9927cdec07cc9dd09bdcf2496a5ae69b3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96125nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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