CVE-2023-34394 (GCVE-0-2023-34394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-19 21:55 – Updated: 2024-10-28 14:19
VLAI
Title
Keysight N6845A Relative Path Traversal
Summary
In Keysight Geolocation Server v2.4.2 and prior, an attacker could upload a specially crafted malicious file or delete any file or directory with SYSTEM privileges due to an improper path validation, which could result in local privilege escalation or a denial-of-service condition.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-28 14:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-23 - ​Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Keysight Technologies N6845A Geolocation Server Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-07-18 17:00
Credits
​Steven Seeley of Source Incite reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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        "dateUpdated": "2024-10-28T14:19:36.758Z",
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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