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Exploit for ThinVNC 1.0b1 - Authentication Bypass (CVE-2019-17662)

Description:

ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.

Nuclei Template

View the template here CVE-2019-17662.yaml

Validate with Nuclei

echo "$URL" | nuclei -t ~/nuclei-templates/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-17662.yaml
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References:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17662
https://redteamzone.com/ThinVNC/
https://github.com/YIXINSHUWU/Penetration_Testing_POC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.html
https://github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.py
https://github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5