HSC Mailinspector up to 5.2.18 /public/loader.php path path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in HSC Mailinspector up to 5.2.18. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /public/loader.php. Such manipulation of the argument path leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-34470. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HSC Mailinspector up to 5.2.18. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file /public/loader.php. The manipulation of the argument path 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3 through v.5.2.18. An Unauthenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists in the /public/loader.php file. The path parameter does not properly filter whether the file and directory passed are part of the webroot, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-34470 since 05/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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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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• HSC

Name

• Mailinspector

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12
• 5.2.13
• 5.2.14
• 5.2.15
• 5.2.16
• 5.2.17
• 5.2.18

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