CVE-2017-9024 — Secure Bytes Cisco Configuration Manager, as bundled in Secure Bytes Secure Cisc

Secure Bytes Cisco Configuration Manager, as bundled in Secure Bytes Secure Cisco Auditor (SCA) 3.0, has a Directory Traversal issue in its TFTP Server, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files via ../ sequences in a pathname.

01What is this vulnerability?

Secure Bytes Cisco Configuration Manager, as bundled in Secure Bytes Secure Cisco Auditor (SCA) 3.0, has a Directory Traversal issue in its TFTP Server, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files via ../ sequences in a pathname.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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: 2017-05-21T14:29:00.227
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• hyp3rlinx.altervista.org — http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SECURE-AUDITOR-v3.0-DIRECTORY-TRAVERS…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42041/
• hyp3rlinx.altervista.org — http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SECURE-AUDITOR-v3.0-DIRECTORY-TRAVERS…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42041/