i-net Clear Reports/HelpDesk/PDFC Documentation path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in i-net Clear Reports, HelpDesk and PDFC and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Documentation. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-11431. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in i-net Clear Reports, HelpDesk and PDFC (Reporting Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Documentation. 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:

The documentation component in i-net Clear Reports 16.0 to 19.2, HelpDesk 8.0 to 8.3, and PDFC 4.3 to 6.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary system files and directories on the target server via Directory Traversal.

The weakness was published 05/07/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at inetsoftware.de. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-11431 since 03/31/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. 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.

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• Reporting Software

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• i-net

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• Clear Reports
• HelpDesk
• PDFC

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