CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5982

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Chorus2 2.4.2 add-on for Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an encoded sequence %2E%2E%252e in the image path.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to sensitive system files, potentially leading to data exposure or further attacks on the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Chorus2 add-on to the latest version and implement security measures against directory traversal attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Chorus2 2.4.2 add-on for Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot dot slash) in the image path, as demonstrated by image/image%3A%2F%2F%2e%2e%252fetc%252fpasswd.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS