CVE-2019-17662 is a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting ThinVNC 1.0b1, allowing attackers to compromise the VNC server even with authentication enabled. This vulnerability, rated 9.8 CRITICAL, leverages a directory traversal attack (CWE-22) to read the cleartext authentication password (CWE-522) from the ThinVnc.ini file. Exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered significant community discussion, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cybelsoft:thinvnc:1.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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