CVE-2017-8794 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) devices prior to version FTA_9_12_180. This flaw arises from an improperly configured regular expression that allows attackers to craft a malicious URL, such as file:///etc/passwd#https://, to access local files. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9_12_40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.