CVE-2017-17876

published 2017-12-27

CVE-2017-17876: Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in…

Priority P2 60 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
iwcnetwork	shift	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url index.php?user=download?name=VerAyari.Ver&path=[FILE]↗

• → Detect LFD exploitation attempts by monitoring HTTP requests containing 'user=download' combined with a 'path=' parameter, which is the attack vector for arbitrary file read. ↗
• → Alert on requests to index.php where the query string includes 'user=download' — this parameter combination is not a legitimate application function and indicates exploitation of CVE-2017-17876. ↗

• · The exploit targets Biometric Shift Employee Management System version 3.0 specifically; other versions may not be vulnerable. ↗
• · The file disclosure is unauthenticated and remote — no prior authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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