Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2018-5445

 

Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2018-5445

Published: January 25, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10222
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5445
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
Advantech WebAccess

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to path traversal. A remote attacker can trigger path traversal and gain read access to files within the directory structure.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-5445

Update to version 8.3.0.

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