Cyber Resilience

CVE-2018-16739

HighPublic PoC

Published: 26 October 2023

Published
26 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.0th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2018-16739 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 47.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered on certain ABUS TVIP devices. Due to a path traversal in /opt/cgi/admin/filewrite, an attacker can write to files, and thus execute code arbitrarily with root privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

abus
tvip 10000 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10001 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10050 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10051 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10500 firmware
all versions
+37 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References