A.K.I Software pmman.exe Internal Simple Webserver path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in A.K.I Software pmman.exe. Affected is an unknown function of the component Internal Simple Webserver. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-40747. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in A.K.I Software pmman.exe (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Internal Simple Webserver. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability exists in A.K.I Software's PMailServer/PMailServer2 products' CGIs included in Internal Simple Webserver. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may access arbitrary files outside DocumentRoot.

It is possible to read the advisory at akisoftware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40747 since 08/29/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• A.K.I Software

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• pmman.exe

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