Citrix ShareFile StorageZones up to 5.10.x path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Citrix ShareFile StorageZones up to 5.10.x. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-8982. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Citrix ShareFile StorageZones up to 5.10.x (Connectivity Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In certain situations, all versions of Citrix ShareFile StorageZones (aka storage zones) Controller, including the most recent 5.10.x releases as of May 2020, allow unauthenticated attackers to access the documents and folders of ShareFile users. NOTE: unlike most CVEs, exploitability depends on the product version that was in use when a particular setup step was performed, NOT the product version that is in use during a current assessment of a CVE consumer's product inventory. Specifically, the vulnerability can be exploited if a storage zone was created by one of these product versions: 5.9.0, 5.8.0, 5.7.0, 5.6.0, 5.5.0, or earlier. This CVE differs from CVE-2020-7473 and CVE-2020-8983 but has essentially the same risk.

The weakness was released 05/07/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.citrix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-8982 since 02/13/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/08/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-154860 and VDB-154862. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Connectivity Software

Vendor

• Citrix

Name

• ShareFile StorageZones

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.citrix.com/

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