PT-2019-9309 · M-Server · M-Server

Published 2019-02-01 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-16485

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions m-server versions prior to 1.4.1

Description A Path Traversal issue exists, allowing a malicious user to access unauthorized content of any file in the directory tree, for example, /etc/passwd, by appending slashes to the URL request.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16485

GHSA-899G-6Q6W-7V94

Affected Products

M-Server

References · 5

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/319795 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-899g-6q6w-7v94 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16485 · Security Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-899g-6q6w-7v94 · Note