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TI-2017-14347 Aliases CVE-2017-20284GHSA-x46g-q89h-7xg3

Caucho Resin resin-doc Unauthenticated Path Traversal via jndi-appconfig Servlet

Priority HIGH 77CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Caucho Resin contains a path traversal vulnerability in the documentation webapp (resin-doc) that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a relative path through the inputFile request parameter of the jndi-appconfig tutorial servlet. Attackers can craft requests with directory traversal sequences to the servlet endpoint to read files outside the intended tutorial directory on the underlying system. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2021-12-10.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01173 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Caucho Technology, Inc.Resinall versions—No fix listedCNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20284
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x46g-q89h-7xg3
  3. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2007-02355 Caucho Resin Professional 3.1.0 and Caucho Resin 3.1.0 and earlier for Windows allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.4
  • TI-2006-01898 Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Resin 3.0.17 and 3.0.18 for Windows allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2006-02373 The viewfile servlet in the documentation package (resin-doc) for Caucho Resin 3.0.17 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2007-02357 Caucho Resin Professional 3.1.0 and Caucho Resin 3.1.0 and earlier for Windows allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2007-02356 Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Resin Professional 3.1.0 and Caucho Resin… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-02374 Directory traversal vulnerability in the viewfile servlet in the documentation package… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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