CVE-2018-16739

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
94 products affected across 1 vendorTvip 20550 FirmwareTvip 51500 FirmwareTvip 21552 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

An issue was discovered on certain ABUS TVIP devices. Due to a path traversal in /opt/cgi/admin/filewrite, an attacker can write to files, and thus execute code arbitrarily with root privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
abus-tvip-10000 (same device)
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abus-tvip-10001 (same device)
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abus-tvip-10005 (same device)
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abus-tvip-10005a (same device)
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abus-tvip-10005b (same device)
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abus-tvip-10050 (same device)
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abus-tvip-10051 (same device)
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abus-tvip-10055a (same device)
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abus-tvip-10055b (same device)
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abus-tvip-10500 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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