CVE-2016-7842 Path traversal in AttacheCase

What is CVE-2016-7842?

CVE-2016-7842 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HiBARA Software AttacheCase, published on 28 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in AttacheCase 2.8.2.8 and earlier and 3.2.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via specially crafted ATC file.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7842?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hibara Attachecase.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7842?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-7842 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in HiBARA Software AttacheCase

• CVE-2022-25348 Other in AttacheCase High 7.8
• CVE-2022-28128 Privilege escalation in AttacheCase High 7.8
• CVE-2018-0674 Code injection in AttacheCase High 7.8
• CVE-2018-0675 Code injection in AttacheCase High 7.8
• CVE-2017-2271 Privilege escalation in Self-extracting encrypted files created by AttacheCase High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5h2h-mvfw-cxgx.