A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cgminer and bfgminer (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Remote Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The remote management interface of cgminer 4.10.0 and bfgminer 5.5.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to write the miner configuration file to arbitrary locations on the server due to missing basedir restrictions (absolute directory traversal).

The bug was discovered 06/05/2018. The weakness was published 06/05/2018 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-10057 since 04/11/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

Similar entry is available at VDB-118991.

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