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Arcserve UDP Agent Path Traversal (CVE-2023-42000)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 188044

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Synopsis

A backup application is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

The Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) Agent running on the remote host is affected by a path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted message, to upload arbitrary files to any location on the file system where the product is installed.

Solution

Apply updates in accordance with vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe1e0fdf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 188044

File Name: arcserve_udp_cve-2023-42000.nbin

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/15/2024

Updated: 11/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:arcserve:udp

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Arcserve UDP Agent

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42000