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CVE-2017-16164

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16164 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the desafio web server, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary .html files on the filesystem by manipulating URLs with "../" sequences. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating it is not currently a widespread threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:desafio_project:desafio:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:desafio_project:desafio:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-f499-jv47-9wxfmedium

Directory Traversal in desafio

Aug 6, 2018

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/desafio
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryTool Signature
nodesecurity.io / advisories/397
Third Party AdvisoryTool Signature