CVE-2015-4074 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a ticket.download_attachment task.

Published: 2017-09-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 85.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_pro_project:helpdesk_pro:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.8582.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/

History

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Subscriptions

Helpdesk Pro Project Helpdesk Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.576Z

Reserved: 2015-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4074

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-20T16:29:00.643

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-4074

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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