{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2017-9538", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The 'Upload logo from external path' function of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor version 12.0.15300.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (permanent display of a \"Cannot exit above the top directory\" error message throughout the entire web application) via a \"..\" in the path field. In other words, the denial of service is caused by an incorrect implementation of a directory-traversal protection mechanism." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20170929 [CVE-2017-9538] Persistent Application Denial of Service", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541263/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "101066", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101066" } ] } }