CVE-2020-15592: Path Traversal

Published Jul 27, 2020
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Updated

SteelCentral Aternity Agent before 11.0.0.120 on Windows allows Privilege Escalation via a crafted file. It uses an executable running as a high privileged Windows service to perform administrative tasks and collect data from other processes. It distributes functionality among different processes and uses IPC (Inter-Process Communication) primitives to enable the processes to cooperate. The remotely callable methods from remotable objects available through interprocess communication allow loading of arbitrary plugins (i.e., C# assemblies) from the "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%/Aternity Information Systems/Assistant/plugins” directory, where the name of the plugin is passed as part of an XML-serialized object. However, because the name of the DLL is concatenated with the “.\plugins” string, a directory traversal vulnerability exists in the way plugins are resolved.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Riverbed Steelcentral Aternity Agent<11.0.0.120
Microsoft Windows

Event History

Jul 27, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:33 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:33 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-15592.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15592?

The severity of CVE-2020-15592 is high with a severity value of 7.5.

3

Which software is affected by CVE-2020-15592?

The SteelCentral Aternity Agent before version 11.0.0.120 on Windows is affected by CVE-2020-15592.

4

How does CVE-2020-15592 allow privilege escalation?

CVE-2020-15592 allows privilege escalation by exploiting a crafted file, which is executed by a high privileged Windows service.

5

Are there any mitigation steps available for CVE-2020-15592?

Yes, mitigation steps for CVE-2020-15592 are available in the official security notification from Aternity.

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