External Control of File Name or Path in PAC Project Basic and PAC Project Professional - CVE-2020-12042
Published: May 15, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27943
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12042
CWE-ID: CWE-73
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the paths specified within the zip files used to update the SoftPAC firmware are not sanitized. A remote authenticated attacker can gain arbitrary file write access with system access.
Affected software
PAC Project Basic
PAC Project Professional
PAC Project Professional
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12042
Install updates from vendor's website.
PAC Project Basic - update to 10.3
PAC Project Professional - update to 10.3
PAC Project Professional - update to 10.3