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CVE-2017-10974

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 81.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlier research on this product.

Affected products

• yaws: 1.91

References

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/YAWS-WEB-SERVER-v1.91-UNAUTHENTICATED-REMOTE-FILE-DISCLOSURE.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99515
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42303/
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/YAWS-WEB-SERVER-v1.91-UNAUTHENTICATED-REMOTE-FILE-DISCLOSURE.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99515
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42303/

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