# CVE-2013-7462: Path traversal in SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform

> Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary system files via null-byte injection in the McAfee SaaS Control Console web application.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5f5r-q4hc-fxm8

## What is CVE-2013-7462?

CVE-2013-7462 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intel SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform, published on 14 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the web application in McAfee (now Intel Security) SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform 6.14 before patch 1070, and 6.15 before patch 1076 allows unauthenticated users to view contents of arbitrary system files that did not have file system level read access restrictions via a null-byte injection exploit.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7462?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Saas Control Console Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-7462?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-7462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7462 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-7462 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intel SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform, published on 14 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7462/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7462/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7462
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7462
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7462

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