VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16929

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability12.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 is vulnerable to an authenticated directory traversal vulnerability exploited by issuing a specially crafted request, allowing a remote attacker to read/write arbitrary files. This can be exploited via ../ sequences in the pathname to miner_file or miner_getfile.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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