CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-9664 — Abb Srea-50 Firmware security vulnerability
In ABB SREA-01 revisions A, B, C: application versions up to 3.31.5, and SREA-50 revision A: application versions up to 3.32.8, an attacker may access internal files of ABB SREA-01 and SREA-50 legacy remote monitoring tools without any authorization over the network using a HTTP request which refers to files using ../../ relative paths. Once the internal password file is retrieved, the password hash can be identified using a brute force attack. There is also an exploit allowing running of commands after authorization.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2018-05-24
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-23, CWE-22
Affected products
- abb / srea-50_firmware
- abb / srea-01_firmware
Matched remediation archetype
Path traversal, unsafe upload, and file handling
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Check exposure
- Trace untrusted filenames, archive entries, URLs, and path segments into read, write, include, extraction, and upload operations.
- Identify filesystem roots, mount permissions, symbolic-link behavior, archive handling, and whether uploaded content is web-accessible or executable.
- Review canonicalization and containment checks across supported operating systems and storage backends.
Remediate safely
- Generate server-side storage identifiers and resolve paths beneath a fixed root using filesystem-aware containment checks.
- Reject absolute, parent-relative, alternate-separator, device, link, and archive entries that escape the intended root.
- Store uploads outside executable or served paths, validate type and size, and use private atomic temporary files.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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