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CVE-2017-10974

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10974 describes an unauthenticated remote file disclosure vulnerability in Yaws 1.91, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files via HTTP directory traversal using a specific "/%5C../" sequence. This flaw has a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB and Nuclei templates exist, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yaws:yaws:1.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
81.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2017-10974 · Nov 9, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-42303 · Jul 7, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8103 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/YAWS-WEB-SERVER-v1.91-UNAUTHENTICATED-REMOTE-FILE-DISCLOSURE.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42303
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/99515
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry