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CVE-2019-17662

Published: Oct 16, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://redteamzone.com/ThinVNC/

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https://github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.py

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https://github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.html

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