{"id":"CVE-2019-17662","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17662","summary":"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…","details":"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.","published":"2019-10-16T18:15:25.513","modified":"2026-06-17T02:24:22.460","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.96758,"percentile":0.99884,"asOf":"2026-09-05"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":6,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"EXPLOIT","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.py"},{"type":"EXPLOIT","url":"https://redteamzone.com/ThinVNC/"},{"type":"EXPLOIT","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154896/ThinVNC-1.0b1-Authentication-Bypass.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/bewest/thinvnc/issues/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/shashankmangal2/Exploits/blob/master/ThinVNC-RemoteAccess/POC.py"},{"type":"EXPLOIT","url":"https://redteamzone.com/ThinVNC/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-06-17T02:24:22.460"}}