CVE-2017-17876
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file...
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-17876- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-275
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-17876- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9023 No score
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9023- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qrgp-wj4m-hmh7
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file...
Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions via a user=download request with a pathname in the path parameter.
- Record
GHSA-qrgp-wj4m-hmh7- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Biometric Shift Employee Management System 3.0 - Local File Disclosure | 2017-12-26 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-17876 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Iwcnetwork Shift, published December 26, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.54%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.