GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET up to 3.1.4 Absolute path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET and MDS PulseNET Enterprise up to 3.1.4. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal (Absolute). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-6459. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET and MDS PulseNET Enterprise up to 3.1.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (Absolute). 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. The summary by CVE is:

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the download feature in FileDownloadServlet in GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET and MDS PulseNET Enterprise before 3.1.5 allows remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname.

The weakness was published 09/18/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6459 since 08/17/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-77964. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Absolute
Class: Path traversal / Absolute
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Digital Energy MDS PulseNET/MDS PulseNET Enterprise 3.1.5

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08/17/2015 🔍
09/18/2015 +32 days 🔍
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09/21/2015 +3 days 🔍
12/26/2017 +827 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ge.com

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-6459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77965
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2015 10:20
Updated: 12/26/2017 08:51
Changes: 09/21/2015 10:20 (42), 12/26/2017 08:51 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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