Path traversal in DFArc - CVE-2018-0496
Published: July 3, 2018 / Updated: July 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0496
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
DFArc
Fedora
freedink-dfarc
Fedora
freedink-dfarc
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0496
Update to version 3.14.
DFArc - update to 3.14
freedink-dfarc - update to 3.14-1.fc28
freedink-dfarc - update to 3.14-1.fc28