Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6805

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.

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Affected products

Mobatek/Mobaxterm
cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:9.4:*:*:*:personal:*:*:*

Patches

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References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41592/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96886nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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