Livetecs Timeline up to 6.2.71 File Upload unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Livetecs Timeline. This impacts an unknown function of the component File Upload. Performing a manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-2042. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Livetecs Timeline. This affects an unknown code of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Manage Project functionality in Livetecs Timelive before 6.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in a predictable directory in Uploads/.

The weakness was disclosed 04/28/2014 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2042 since 02/19/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• 2.81
• 2.91
• 2.94
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.5
• 3.1.1
• 3.2.1
• 3.5.1
• 3.6.1
• 3.7.1
• 3.8.1
• 4.2.1
• 4.3.1
• 4.9.1
• 5.2.1
• 6.0.1
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.71

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