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CVE-2017-5163

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switch, Version 2.0.00 and prior versions. After an administrator downloads a configuration file, a copy of the configuration file, which includes hashes of user passwords, is saved to a location that is accessible without authentication by path traversal.

Affected products

• Belden Hirschmann GECKO: through 2.0.00

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95815
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-026-02
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95815
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-026-02

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