# CVE-2024-4297: HGiga iSherlock - Arbitrary File Download

> Administrative attackers can download arbitrary system files from HGiga iSherlock due to insufficient input filtering in the configuration interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/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:** 29 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-29q2-fp4w-f7hm

## What is CVE-2024-4297?

CVE-2024-4297 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HGiga iSherlock 4.5, published on 29 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The system configuration interface of HGiga iSherlock (including MailSherlock, SpamSherlock, AuditSherlock) fails to filter special characters in certain function parameters, allowing remote attackers with administrative privileges to exploit this vulnerability to download arbitrary system files.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4297?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hgiga Isherlock.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HGiga iSherlock 4.5

- [CVE-2023-37292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37292/): HGiga iSherlock - Command Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4298/): HGiga iSherlock - Command Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-4299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4299/): HGiga iSherlock - Command Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-4296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4296/): HGiga iSherlock - Arbitrary File Download (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4297 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4297 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HGiga iSherlock 4.5, published on 29 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HGiga iSherlock 4.5. 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-2024-4297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4297/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4297
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4297
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4297

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4297/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.