CVE-2017-16208

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: dmmcquay.lab6 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a directory traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access the filesystem by manipulating the URL with "../" entries, potentially leading to the disclosure of private files on the system. For example, an attacker could send a "GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1" request to access sensitive files.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.