PT-2019-11033 · Microstrategy · Microstrategy Web Services

Published 2019-05-14 · Updated 2019-05-17 · CVE-2018-6885

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MicroStrategy Web Services versions prior to 10.4 Hotfix 7 MicroStrategy Web Services versions prior to 10.11

Description: The issue allows unauthenticated access to asset files with MicroStrategy user privileges, potentially leading to access to the admin dashboard credentials, which may result in remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability is located in a SOAP request in the web service component, specifically allowing path traversal.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 10.4 Hotfix 7, update to version 10.4 Hotfix 7 or later. For versions prior to 10.11, update to version 10.11 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6885

Affected Products

Microstrategy Web Services

References · 3

• https://community.microstrategy.com/s/article/Web-Services-Security-Vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6885 · Security Note