An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13.

published 2017-03-09 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15583

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 56.6%; EPSS 56.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to a NUL-terminated directory traversal attack allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access system files readable by the web server user (by using the viewAppletFsa.cgi seqID parameter).

Timeline

2017-03-08 First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/dnalims_file_retrieve)
2017-03-09 Published

Exploit prediction

56.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/dnalims_file_retrieve DnaLIMS Directory Traversal metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2017-03-08
EDB-41578 dnaLIMS DNA Sequencing - Directory Traversal / Session Hijacking / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2017-03-10
shorebreaksecurity.com https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/41578/
exploit
shorebreaksecurity.com /blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/96823
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-6527
NVD CVE-2017-6527

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Summary