Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33 WSConnector Service path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WSConnector Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-42229. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component WSConnector Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced <= 11.0.33 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Arbitrary files can be created on the system via authenticated SOAP requests to the WSConnector service.

The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-42229 since 09/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• Pat Infinite Solutions

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• HelpdeskAdvanced

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• 11.0.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2
• 11.0.3
• 11.0.4
• 11.0.5
• 11.0.6
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• 11.0.26
• 11.0.27
• 11.0.28
• 11.0.29
• 11.0.30
• 11.0.31
• 11.0.32
• 11.0.33

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