Thomson Reuters Desktop Extensions 1.9.0.358 Service Port 6677 ThomsonReuters.Desktop.Service.exe path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Thomson Reuters Desktop Extensions 1.9.0.358. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file ThomsonReuters.Desktop.Service.exe of the component Service Port 6677. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-8385. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Thomson Reuters Desktop Extensions 1.9.0.358. This affects an unknown function of the file ThomsonReuters.Desktop.Service.exe of the component Service Port 6677. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Thomson Reuters Desktop Extensions 1.9.0.358. An unauthenticated directory traversal and local file inclusion vulnerability in the ThomsonReuters.Desktop.Service.exe and ThomsonReuters.Desktop.exe allows a remote attacker to list or enumerate sensitive contents of files via a \.. to port 6677. Additionally, this could allow for privilege escalation by dumping the affected machine's SAM and SYSTEM database files, as well as remote code execution.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2019. The weakness was released 06/05/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8385 since 02/16/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/13/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 112 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46615). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Thomson Reuters

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• Desktop Extensions

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• 1.9.0.358

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