Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-17662
CVE-2019-17662
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.
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Affected products
2- ThinVNC/ThinVNCdescription
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References
4- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- redteamzone.com/ThinVNC/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.pynvdBroken Link
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