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CVE-2017-6805

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.

Affected products

• Mobatek MobaXterm: 9.4

References

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96886
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41592/
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96886
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41592/

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