CVE-2018-14942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Harmonic NSG 9000 devices allow remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks, as demonstrated by "POST /PY/EMULATION_GET_FILE" or "POST /PY/EMULATION_EXPORT" with FileName=../../../passwd in the POST data.

Published: 2018-08-05

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:harmonicinc:nsg_9000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:harmonicinc:nsg_9000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-6824	Harmonic NSG 9000 devices allow remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks, as demonstrated by "POST /PY/EMULATION_GET_FILE" or "POST /PY/EMULATION_EXPORT" with FileName=../../../passwd in the POST data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02007.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pudding2/NSG9000/blob/master/exp.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Harmonicinc Nsg 9000 Nsg 9000 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-05T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:24.656Z

Reserved: 2018-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14942

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-05T18:29:00.363

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:41:55.870

Link: CVE-2018-14942

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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