Bitdefender GravityZone Control Center/Endpoint Security 6.36.1 UpdateServer path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Bitdefender GravityZone Control Center and Endpoint Security 6.36.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component UpdateServer. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-2224. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Bitdefender GravityZone Control Center and Endpoint Security 6.36.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UpdateServer. 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:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’) vulnerability in the UpdateServer component of Bitdefender GravityZone allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable instances. This issue affects the following products that include the vulnerable component: Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux version 7.0.5.200089 Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Windows version 7.9.9.380 GravityZone Control Center (On Premises) version 6.36.1

The weakness was presented by Nicolas Verdier. The advisory is shared at bitdefender.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2224 since 03/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/09/2024). 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.

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• Bitdefender

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• Endpoint Security
• GravityZone Control Center

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• 6.36.1

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• commercial

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