This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager.

published 2018-01-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7800

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Netgain Enterprise Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within download.jsp. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to download a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to expose sensitive information. Was ZDI-CAN-4750.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

netgain-systems enterprise_manager 7.2.766

Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

NetGain Systems NetGain Systems Enterprise Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-39 Path Traversal: 'C:dirname'
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-17-951
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
tenable.com /security/research/tra-2018-02
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-16609
NVD CVE-2017-16609

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Summary