Hitachi Energy MACH System Software 7.17.0.0 McFeeder Server path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Hitachi Energy MACH System Software 7.17.0.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component McFeeder Server. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-2621. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Hitachi Energy MACH System Software 7.17.0.0. Affected is an unknown part of the component McFeeder Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The McFeeder server (distributed as part of SSW package), is susceptible to an arbitrary file write vulnerability on the MAIN computer system. This vulnerability stems from the use of an outdated version of a third-party library, which is used to extract archives uploaded to McFeeder server. An authenticated malicious client can exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted ZIP archive via the network to McFeeder’s service endpoint.

The weakness was presented 11/01/2023. The advisory is shared for download at publisher.hitachienergy.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-2621 since 05/10/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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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• Hitachi Energy

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• MACH System Software

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• 7.17.0.0

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• commercial

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