Vulnerability · Published Nov 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-47251
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In mprivacy-tools before 2.0.406g in m-privacy TightGate-Pro Server, a Directory Traversal in the print function of the VNC service allows authenticated attackers (with access to a VNC session) to automatically transfer malicious PDF documents by moving them into the .spool directory, and then sending a signal to the VNC service, which automatically transfers them to the connected VNC client's filesystem.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
- https://www.m-privacy.de/en/tightgate-pro-safe-surfing/
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-m-privacy-tightgate-pro/
- 20231127 SEC Consult SA-20231122 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in m-privacy TightGate-Pro mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175949/m-privacy-TightGate-Pro-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html