SB2018070408 - Security restrictions bypass in FreeDink DFArc
Published: July 4, 2018
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0496)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version). A remote unauthenticated attacker can conduct directory traversal attack, bypass security restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.