# CVE-2019-3720: Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> Remote authenticated admin users can exploit insufficient input sanitization to access unauthorized files on the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pg4g-ch23-5ch7

## What is CVE-2019-3720?

CVE-2019-3720 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator, published on 25 Apr 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator (OMSA) versions prior to 9.3.0 contain a Directory Traversal Vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the file system by exploiting insufficient sanitization of input parameters.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3720?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Emc Openmanage Server Administrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator

- [CVE-2020-5377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5377/): Path traversal in Dell Open Manage Server Administrator (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-3723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3723/): Web Parameter Tampering Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-3722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3722/): XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43079/): Privilege escalation in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2019-3721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3721/): Improper Range Header Processing Vulnerability (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3720 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator, published on 25 Apr 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC Open Manage System Administrator. 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-2019-3720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3720/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3720

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