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CVE-2018-7539
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2018-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
On Appear TV XC5000 and XC5100 devices with firmware 3.26.217, it is possible to read OS files with a specially crafted HTTP request (such as GET /../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd) to the web server (fuzzd/0.1.1) running the Maintenance Center on port TCP/8088. This can lead to full compromise of the device.
Affected products
- Appeartv Xc5000 Firmware: 3.26.217
- Appeartv Xc5100 Firmware: 3.26.217
References
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