Ivanti Avalanche up to 6.4.2 Web path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Ivanti Avalanche up to 6.4.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-24997. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ivanti Avalanche up to 6.4.2. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web. 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:

A Path Traversal vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Avalanche before 6.4.3 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.

The advisory is shared at forums.ivanti.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-24997 since 02/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211473 (Ivanti Avalanche < 6.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211473). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Endpoint Management Software

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• Ivanti

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• Avalanche

Version

• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2

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• commercial

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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