CVE-2017-12943
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a...
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a model/__show_info.php?REQUIRE_FILE= absolute path traversal attack, as demonstrated by discovering the admin password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a model/__show_info.php?REQUIRE_FILE= absolute path traversal attack, as demonstrated by discovering the admin password.
- Record
CVE-2017-12943- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a model/__show_info.php?REQUIRE_FILE= absolute path traversal attack, as demonstrated by discovering the admin password.
- Record
CVE-2017-12943- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4467 No score
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a model/__show_info.php?REQUIRE_FILE= absolute path traversal attack, as demonstrated by discovering the admin password.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4467- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qxq5-xjp7-p3f2
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a...
D-Link DIR-600 Rev Bx devices with v2.x firmware allow remote attackers to read passwords via a model/__show_info.php?REQUIRE_FILE= absolute path traversal attack, as demonstrated by discovering the admin password.
- Record
GHSA-qxq5-xjp7-p3f2- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | D-Link DIR-600 - Authentication Bypass | 2017-08-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | aymankhalfatni/D-Link | 2017-09-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | d4rk30/CVE-2017-12943 | 2021-12-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12943 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dlink Dir-600 B1 Firmware, published August 18, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.