Security advisory

{
  "id": "d8e7a1fd74eeae3243f0bef27b3e3b9a50d78ce3cb06cdd59cf9cb5dff92deac",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5595",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5595",
    "summary": "A file disclosure and inclusion vulnerability exists in web/views/file.php in ZoneMinder 1.x through v1.30.0 because of unfiltered user-input being passed to readfile(), which allows an authenticated attacker to read local system files (e.g., /etc/passwd) in the context of the web server user (www-data). The attack vector is a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter within a zm/index.php?view=file&path= request.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5595",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5595",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5595"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/zoneminder/zoneminder",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e7aed10f77315505fa15f801e08ca2bb9f48e6e3"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8b19fca9927cdec07cc9dd09bdcf2496a5ae69b3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.30.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "8b19fca9927cdec07cc9dd09bdcf2496a5ae69b3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.30.0",
            "v1.30.0-rc2",
            "v1.30.0-rc1",
            "v1.29.0",
            "v1.27.0",
            "v1.26.5",
            "v1.26.3",
            "v1.26.2",
            "v1.26.1",
            "v1.26.0",
            "v1.25"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5595.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:50.065459007Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/commit/8b19fca9927cdec07cc9dd09bdcf2496a5ae69b3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5595",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379758,
  "published_at": "2017-02-06T17:59:00.577+00:00"
}