A vulnerability was found in BlackBerry Workspaces Server (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation as part of a POST Request leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

A directory traversal vulnerability in the BlackBerry Workspaces Server could potentially allow an attacker to execute or upload arbitrary files, or reveal the content of arbitrary files anywhere on the web server by crafting a URL with a manipulated POST request.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2017. The weakness was presented 10/16/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at support.blackberry.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-9367 since 06/02/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/25/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 107919 for similar entry.

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