Sigil up to 0.9.15 ZIP Archive path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sigil up to 0.9.15. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation with the input ../ as part of ZIP Archive causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-14452. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sigil up to 0.9.15. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with the input value ../ 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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

The weakness was shared 07/31/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at usn.ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-14452 since 07/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.9.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Sigil 0.9.16
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

07/30/2019 🔍
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11/14/2023 +1567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-14452 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139039

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2019 09:56
Updated: 11/14/2023 12:21
Changes: 07/31/2019 09:56 (55), 07/16/2020 11:10 (1), 11/14/2023 12:13 (6), 11/14/2023 12:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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