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CVE-2017-5982

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 77.63% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2017-5982
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
77.63%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Chorus2 2.4.2 add-on for Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot dot slash) in the image path, as demonstrated by image/image%3A%2F%2F%2e%2e%252fetc%252fpasswd.