PT-2019-9451 · Kofax · Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console

Drunkenshells · Published 2019-04-18 · Updated 2019-04-19 · CVE-2018-17289

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 Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console version 4.1.1.11.0.5212

Description A vulnerability exists that allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by crafting XML inside an imported package configuration (.ZIP file) within the "Kofax/KFS/Admin/PackageService/package/upload" file parameter.

Recommendations For version 4.1.1.11.0.5212, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the package upload functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the package/upload parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17289

Affected Products

Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17289-XXE-Kofax · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17289 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17289 · Vendor Advisory