CVE-2018-25365

PCViewer vt1000 Directory Traversal via GET Request

CVSS 8.7 HIGHEPSS 0.8%CWE-22

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.7EPSS 0.8%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

25 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

PCViewer vt1000 contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by submitting relative path sequences in GET requests. Attackers can use path traversal sequences ../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd to access sensitive system files outside the intended directory.

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

Affected products

PCViewer · PCViewer

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45248unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45248 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pcviewer-vt1000-directory-traversal-via-get-request http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Pc-Viewer.shtml