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Description

JVC VN-T IP-camera models firmware versions up to 2016-08-22 (confirmed on the VN-T216VPRU model) contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the checkcgi endpoint that accepts a user-controlled file parameter. An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the device.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-11-06 | Published 2025-11-12 | Updated 2025-11-14 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unknown

Any version before 2016-08-22
affected

Timeline

2016-08-22:Vulnerability publicly disclosed and PoC available.

Credits

Yakir Wizman finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40282 exploit

web.archive.org/.../analyzing-security-cameras-products.html technical-description

pro.jvc.com/...ech_desc.jsp?model_id=MDL102145&feature_id=02 product

www.vulncheck.com/...amera-directory-traversal-via-check-cgi third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-15055)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-15055)

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