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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2019-20048

High
7.2/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 8770 devices before 4.1.2. An authenticated remote attacker, with elevated privileges in the Web Directory component on port 389, may upload a PHP file to achieve Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published