VMware Salt Project prior 3005.5/3006.6 File Server path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Salt Project. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component File Server. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-22232. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Salt Project (Automation Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component File Server. 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. The summary by CVE is:

A specially crafted url can be created which leads to a directory traversal in the salt file server. A malicious user can read an arbitrary file from a Salt master’s filesystem.

The advisory is shared at saltproject.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-22232 since 01/08/2024. 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.

Upgrading to version 3005.5 or 3006.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Salt Project 3005.5/3006.6

Timelineinfo

01/08/2024 🔍
06/27/2024 +170 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: saltproject.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269813
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2024 09:35
Updated: 06/27/2024 15:02
Changes: 06/27/2024 09:35 (63), 06/27/2024 15:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good afternoon,
I don't find this cpe in the nvd nist dictionary, but rather the following:
salt:salt
saltstack:salt
saltstack:saltstack
saltstack_salt:saltstack_salt
Could you kindly align?
Greetings,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you. It looks like saltsack:salt: is the best choice.

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