CVE-2017-9846
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory...
CVE-2017-9846 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Magicwinmail Winmail Server, published June 24, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.75%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory traversal in a netdisk.php move_folder_file call to move a .php file from the FTP folder into a web folder.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory traversal in a netdisk.php move_folder_file call to move a .php file from the FTP folder into a web folder.
- Record
CVE-2017-9846- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory traversal in a netdisk.php move_folder_file call to move a .php file from the FTP folder into a web folder.
- Record
CVE-2017-9846- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18756 No score
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory traversal in a netdisk.php move_folder_file call to move a .php file from the FTP folder into a web folder.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18756- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h6gg-6vf7-hrjf
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory...
Winmail Server 6.1 allows remote code execution by authenticated users who leverage directory traversal in a netdisk.php move_folder_file call to move a .php file from the FTP folder into a web folder.
- Record
GHSA-h6gg-6vf7-hrjf- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |