Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33 Email/SaveAttachment path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33. This affects the function Email/SaveAttachment. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-42226. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced up to 11.0.33. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function Email/SaveAttachment. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced <= 11.0.33 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via Email/SaveAttachment function.

The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-42226 since 09/08/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. 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

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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
• 11.0.7
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• 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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