CVE-2017-16786

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Web Configuration Utility in Meinberg LANTIME devices with firmware before 6.24.004 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to read arbitrary files via (1) the ntpclientcounterlogfile parameter to cgi-bin/mainv2 or (2) vectors involving curl support of the "file" schema in the firmware update functionality.

Affected products

Meinbergglobal Lantime Firmware: through 6.24.003

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145388/Meinberg-LANTIME-Web-Configuration-Utility-6.16.008-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/50
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145388/Meinberg-LANTIME-Web-Configuration-Utility-6.16.008-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/50

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