Path traversal in SyncServer - CVE-2020-9030
Published: February 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25461
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9030
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsemi
Affected software:
SyncServer
SyncServer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied passed the FileName parameter to the syslog.php. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal sequences and read contents of arbitrary files on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9030
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.