Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33 Attachment/DownloadTempFile path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function Attachment/DownloadTempFile. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-42225. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function Attachment/DownloadTempFile. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced <= 11.0.33 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the Attachment/DownloadTempFile function.

The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-42225 since 09/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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

Version

• 11.0.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2
• 11.0.3
• 11.0.4
• 11.0.5
• 11.0.6
• 11.0.7
• 11.0.8
• 11.0.9
• 11.0.10
• 11.0.11
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• 11.0.13
• 11.0.14
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• 11.0.18
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• 11.0.20
• 11.0.21
• 11.0.22
• 11.0.23
• 11.0.24
• 11.0.25
• 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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