# CVE-2019-3474: Path traversal vulnerability in Filr web application

> A remote authenticated attacker can download arbitrary files from the Micro Focus Filr server via path traversal.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m792-xqc7-323v

## What is CVE-2019-3474?

CVE-2019-3474 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Micro Focus Filr, published on 20 Feb 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability in the web application component of Micro Focus Filr 3.x allows a remote attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to download arbitrary files from the Filr server. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3474?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Filr.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3474?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3474 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3474 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-3474 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Micro Focus Filr 3.4.0.217 - Path Traversal / Local Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Filr

- [CVE-2019-3475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3475/): Local privilege escalation in Filr famtd (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-32268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32268/): Administrator equivalent Filr user can access proxy administrator credentials (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-25838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25838/): Information disclosure in Filr (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-25832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25832/): Cross-site scripting in Filr (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-38755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38755/): Filr Remote unauthenticated user enumeration for versions prior to 4.3.1.1 (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3474 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3474 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Micro Focus Filr, published on 20 Feb 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-3474 exists.

Affected product: Micro Focus Filr. 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-2019-3474/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3474/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3474
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3474
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3474

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