Advantech iView up to 5.6 path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Advantech iView up to 5.6. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-14507. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Advantech iView up to 5.6. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Advantech iView, versions 5.6 and prior, is vulnerable to multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to create/download arbitrary files, limit system availability, and remotely execute code.

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.cisa.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-14507 since 06/19/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

See VDB-158028, VDB-158029, VDB-158030 and VDB-158031 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Advantech

Name

• iView

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.advantech.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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