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Absolute Path Traversal

CVE-2024-51549

High
9.3/10

Summary

Absolute File Traversal vulnerabilities allows access and modification of un-intended resources.  Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • LOW

CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published