CVE-2018-7539

9.8 criticalEPSS 4.1%

On Appear TV XC5000 and XC5100 devices with firmware 3.26.217, it is possible to read OS files with a specially crafted HTTP request (such as GET /../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd) to the web server (fuzzd/0.1.1) running the Maintenance Center on port TCP/8088. This can lead to full compromise of the device.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2018-04-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

appeartv:xc5000_firmware
appeartv:xc5100_firmware

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/34
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/34

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