CVE-2017-20038 — A vulnerability was found in SICUNET Access Controller 0

A vulnerability was found in SICUNET Access Controller 0.32-05z and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file card_scan_decoder.php. The manipulation of the argument No/door leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched r

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was found in SICUNET Access Controller 0.32-05z and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file card_scan_decoder.php. The manipulation of the argument No/door leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SICUNET	Access Controller	0.32-05z

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-06-11T10:00:23.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-15T14:27:05.409Z

09References

• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/25
• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?id.98906