CVE-2017-17739

critical

Published 2017-12-18 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The BrightSign Digital Signage (4k242) device (Firmware 6.2.63 and below) has directory traversal via the /storage.html rp parameter, allowing an attacker to read or write to files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

http://www.information-paradox.net/2017/12/brightsign-multiple-vulnerablities-cve.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43364/
http://www.information-paradox.net/2017/12/brightsign-multiple-vulnerablities-cve.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43364/

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.