CVE-2017-6805
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.
- Record
CVE-2017-6805- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - 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
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.
- Record
CVE-2017-6805- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15859 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15859- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rrc9-3j3x-vfxh
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.
- Record
GHSA-rrc9-3j3x-vfxh- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 - Directory Traversal | 2017-03-11 |
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-2017-6805 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Mobatek Mobaxterm, published March 20, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.80%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.html
securityfocus.com/bid/96886
exploit-db.com/exploits/41592
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34
hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6805
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrc9-3j3x-vfxh