Maxthon 5.1.0 on Windows Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Maxthon 5.1.0 on Windows. This affects an unknown part of the component Unquoted Search Path. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-16647. Attacking locally is a requirement. There is no exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

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.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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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 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-16647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144422

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2019 07:30
Updated: 01/29/2024 16:44
Changes: 10/30/2019 07:30 (35), 10/30/2019 07:35 (17), 01/29/2024 16:44 (3)
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