CVE-2017-16744: ics-cert niagara ax framework and niagara 4 framework Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-16744 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Path Traversal vulnerability in ics-cert niagara ax framework and niagara 4 framework. EPSS estimates a 6.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in Tridium Niagara AX Versions 3.8 and prior and Niagara 4 systems Versions 4.4 and prior installed on Microsoft Windows Systems can be exploited by leveraging valid platform (administrator) credentials.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.