Clinical-Genomics scout up to 4.88.1 VCF File injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Clinical-Genomics scout up to 4.88.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component VCF File Handler. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-47531. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Clinical-Genomics scout up to 4.88.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component VCF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Scout is a web-based visualizer for VCF-files. Due to the lack of sanitization in the filename, it is possible bypass intended file extension and make users download malicious files with any extension. With malicious content injected inside the file data and users unknowingly downloading it and opening may lead to the compromise of users' devices or data. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.89.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-47531 since 09/25/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

Upgrading to version 4.89 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f59e50f8ea596e641da8a0e9c7a33c0696bcbea5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: scout 4.89
Patch: f59e50f8ea596e641da8a0e9c7a33c0696bcbea5

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09/25/2024 🔍
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Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-24xv-q29v-3h6r
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-47531 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-47531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278876

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2024 19:43
Updated: 03/09/2025 03:50
Changes: 09/30/2024 19:43 (66), 10/01/2024 15:13 (1), 11/15/2024 21:44 (11), 03/09/2025 03:50 (3)
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