ghsa-23gm-hjpg-qfp3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 16:58
Modified
2024-04-04 02:29
Severity ?
Details

ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-17662"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-10-16T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.",
  "id": "GHSA-23gm-hjpg-qfp3",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T02:29:05Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:58:57Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17662"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.py"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://redteamzone.com/ThinVNC"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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