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CVE-2017-16144

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16144 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in myserver.alexcthomas18, a file server. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the server's filesystem by manipulating URLs with "../" sequences. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent risk remains due to its ease of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:myserver.alexcthomas18_project:myserver.alexcthomas18:0.0.1:*:*:*:*: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 2026-07-25
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-rgq8-25qc-h54qhigh

Directory Traversal in myserver.alexcthomas18

Jul 23, 2018

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/myserver.alexcthomas18
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/469
Third Party Advisory