CVE-2017-16929 EXPLOIT
8.1
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 12.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 is vulnerable to an authenticated directory traversal vulnerability exploited by issuing a specially crafted request, allowing a remote attacker to read/write arbitrary files. This can be exploited via ../ sequences in the pathname to miner_file or miner_getfile.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.1 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 12.89% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-12-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| claymore dual miner project | claymore dual miner |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Claymore Dual ETH + DCR/SC/LBC/PASC GPU Miner - Stack Buffer Overflow / Path Traversal | 2017-12-07 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16929
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16929
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/
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