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Vulnerability details: VCID-x1fg-6mq4-d7ds
Vulnerability ID VCID-x1fg-6mq4-d7ds
Aliases CVE-2017-16661
Summary Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by placing the Log Path into a private directory, and then making a clog.php?filename= request, as demonstrated by filename=passwd (with a Log Path under /etc) to read /etc/passwd.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
epss 0.00181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
cvssv3 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-537
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16661
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16661
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1066
ASA-201712-2 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201712-2
AVG-537 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-537
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-16661 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16661
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.29806
EPSS Score 0.00112
Published At April 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:32:33.588850+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0