ZDI-CAN-10989: Advantech iView PSTable exportPSInventoryTable Directory Traversal File Creation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Advantech iView. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of calls to the exportPSInventoryTable method of the PSTable class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of SYSTEM.

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