Path traversal in Miele Professional products - CVE-2017-7240

 

Path traversal in Miele Professional products - CVE-2017-7240

Published: May 22, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6614
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7240
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Miele Professional
Affected software:
PG8536
PG8535
PG8528
PG8527

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the affected device.

The weakness exists due to path traversal. A remote attacker can use special elements in the pathname to resolve to a location outside of a restricted directory and view arbitrary files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7240

Update PG8527 to version 2.12, 2.52, 2.62, 2.64.
Update PG8528 to version 2.12, 2.61, 2.62, 2.64.
Update PG8535 to version 1.10, 1.14.
Update PG8536 to version 1.20, 1.24.

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