Maxthon 5.1.0 on Windows Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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A vulnerability was found in Maxthon 5.1.0 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Unquoted Search Path. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.

The weakness was disclosed 10/29/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-16647 since 09/20/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 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.

Productinfo

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Maxthon

Version

5.1.0

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Timelineinfo

09/20/2019 🔍
10/29/2019 +39 days 🔍
10/30/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/29/2024 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: forum.maxthon.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-16647 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2019 07:30 AM
Updated: 01/29/2024 04:44 PM
Changes: 10/30/2019 07:30 AM (35), 10/30/2019 07:35 AM (17), 01/29/2024 04:44 PM (3)
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