Name: CVE-2017-5982: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5982, CWE-22, Metasploit Module, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.77977

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade kodi	Jan 22, 2024	Feb 28, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Feb 28, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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