INNEO Startup TOOLS up to 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804 Service Port 85 sut_srv.exe path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in INNEO Startup TOOLS up to 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file sut_srv.exe of the component Service Port 85. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-15492. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in INNEO Startup TOOLS up to 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file sut_srv.exe of the component Service Port 85. 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:

An issue was discovered in INNEO Startup TOOLS 2017 M021 12.0.66.3784 through 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804. The sut_srv.exe web application (served on TCP port 85) includes user input into a filesystem access without any further validation. This might allow an unauthenticated attacker to read files on the server via Directory Traversal, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

The weakness was shared 07/23/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at inneo.de. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-15492 since 07/01/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Proper firewalling of tcp/85 is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (48693). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• INNEO

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• Startup TOOLS

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• 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804

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