Huawei HiSilicon box_ProcessRequest path traversal ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Huawei HiSilicon. Impacted is the function box_ProcessRequest. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-24219. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HiSilicon (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function box_ProcessRequest. 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.

The weakness was shared 09/15/2020 by Alexei Kojenov as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kojenov.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The advisory contains:

This article discloses critical vulnerabilities in IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders based on HiSilicon hi3520d hardware.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-24219. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Alexei Kojenov and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at kojenov.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

The advisory contains the following remark:

Huawei issued a statement saying that none of the vulnerabilities have been introduced by HiSilicon chips and SDK packages.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (48899). The entries VDB-161637, VDB-161638, VDB-161640 and VDB-161641 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Alexei Kojenov
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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09/15/2020 🔍
09/15/2020 +0 days 🔍
09/17/2020 +2 days 🔍
09/19/2020 +2 days 🔍
07/13/2024 +1393 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: kojenov.com
Researcher: Alexei Kojenov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-24219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-24219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161639
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2020 17:17
Updated: 07/13/2024 07:14
Changes: 09/19/2020 17:17 (52), 09/19/2020 17:22 (1), 07/13/2024 07:14 (16)
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