CVE-2017-16661

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    CVE-2017-16661

    Published: 8 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by placing the Log Path into a private directory, and then making a clog.php?filename= request, as demonstrated by filename=passwd (with a Log Path under /etc) to read /etc/passwd.

    References: https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1066

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f69831551a9ec9c83ede7112053594001f428eb9
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.27

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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