CVE-2017-7929

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.54% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An Absolute Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1 and prior. The absolute path traversal vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to traverse the file system to access restricted files or directories.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedWebAccesscisa_csaf_ot
Advantech has produced WebAccess Version 8.2_20170330 to mitigate this vulnerability. The new version can be downloaded at:
http://www.advantech.com/industrial-automation/webaccess/download

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–7.1

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 4.2

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-36USCWE-36US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

WebAccess: Version 8.1 and priorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Advantech WebAccess≤ 8.1cisa_csaf_otUS
n/a Advantech WebAccess≤ Advantech WebAccessenisa_euvdEU
advantech webaccess≤ 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-17-124-03Advantech WebAccess2017-05-04icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.advantech.com/industrial-automation/webaccess/downloadPatchcnnvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311 enisa_euvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98311Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-124-03MitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd

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