HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3 mliRealtimeEmails.php filename path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mliRealtimeEmails.php. The manipulation of the argument filename results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-34471. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the file mliRealtimeEmails.php. The manipulation of the argument filename 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:

An issue was discovered in HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3. A Path Traversal vulnerability (resulting in file deletion) exists in the mliRealtimeEmails.php file. The filename parameter in the export HTML functionality does not properly validate the file location, allowing an attacker to read and delete arbitrary files on the server. This was observed when the mliRealtimeEmails.php file itself was read and subsequently deleted, resulting in a 404 error for the file and disruption of email information loading.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-34471 since 05/04/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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

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• Mailinspector

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• 5.2.17-3

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