CVE-2017-2744 Path traversal in HP Support Assistant
Attackers can extract binaries to protected locations, potentially leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation in HP Support Assistant.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-2744?
CVE-2017-2744 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, published on 23 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The vulnerability allows attacker to extract binaries into protected file system locations in HP Support Assistant before 12.7.26.1.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2744?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Support Assistant.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2744 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-2017-2744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HP Support Assistant
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7v5-fh6w-9c87.