CVE-2018-17170

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Grouptime Teamwire Desktop Client 1.5.1 prior to 1.9.0 on Windows allows code injection via a template, leading to remote code execution. All backend versions prior to prod-2018-11-13-15-00-42 are affected.

Affected products

Teamwire: from 1.5.1 before 1.9.0 — fixed in 1.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Teamwire 1.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://research.hisolutions.com/2019/06/web-vulnerabilities-are-coming-to-the-desktop-template-injections-lead-to-rce-in-teamwire/
https://research.hisolutions.com/2019/06/web-vulnerabilities-are-coming-to-the-desktop-template-injections-lead-to-rce-in-teamwire/

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