# CVE-2017-9385: Path traversal in n/a

> Attackers can exploit a directory traversal flaw to extract root credentials from a configuration file, enabling full administrative access to the device.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jpp8-9286-h8x5

## What is CVE-2017-9385?

CVE-2017-9385 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered on Vera Veralite 1.7.481 devices. The device has an additional OpenWRT interface in addition to the standard web interface which allows the highest privileges a user can obtain on the device. This web interface uses root as the username and the password in the /etc/cmh/cmh.conf file which can be extracted by an attacker using a directory traversal attack, and then log in to the device with the highest privileges.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9385?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Getvera Veraedge Firmware, Getvera Veralite Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-9385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-9385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-9383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9383/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-9381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9381/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-9384](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9384/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-9388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9388/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-9389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9389/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-9385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-9385 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9385

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