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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVE-2020-11420

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

UPS Adapter CS141 before 1.90 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker with Admin or Engineer login credentials could exploit the vulnerability by manipulating variables that reference files and by doing this achieve access to files and directories outside the web root folder. An attacker may access arbitrary files and directories stored in the file system, but integrity of the files are not jeopardized as attacker have read access rights only.

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

CWE-22 - Path Traversal

Path traversal (or directory traversal), is a vulnerability that allows malicious users to traverse the server's root directory, gaining access to arbitrary files and folders such as application code & data, back-end credentials, and sensitive operating system files. In the worst-case scenario, an attacker could potentially execute arbitrary files on the server, resulting in a denial of service attack. Such an exploit may severely impact the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of an application.

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