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1 vulnerability by JVC (JVCKENWOOD)
CVE-2016-15055 (GCVE-0-2016-15055)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-12 22:08 – Updated: 2025-11-14 16:52 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI?
Title
JVC VN-T IP-Camera Directory Traversal via check.cgi
Summary
JVC VN-T IP-camera models firmware versions up to 2016-08-22 (confirmed on the VN-T216VPRU model) contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the checkcgi endpoint that accepts a user-controlled file parameter. An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the device.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| JVC (JVCKENWOOD) | IP-Camera (VN-T216VPRU) |
Affected:
0 , < 2016-08-22
(custom)
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Credits
Yakir Wizman
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