CVE-2019-3720: dell emc open manage system administrator Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-3720 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in dell emc open manage system administrator. EPSS estimates a 3.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-04-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator (OMSA) versions prior to 9.3.0 contain a Directory Traversal Vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the file system by exploiting insufficient sanitization of input parameters.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.