Uvdesk 1.1.1 - RCE via Insecure File Upload

9.9

Critical

Discovered by 

Carlos Bello

Offensive Team, Fluid Attacks

Summary

Full name

Uvdesk 1.1.1 - RCE via Insecure File Upload

Code name

State

Public

Release date

Apr 4, 2023

Affected product

Uvdesk

Affected version(s)

Version 1.1.1

Vulnerability name

Insecure file upload

Vulnerability type

Remotely exploitable

Yes

CVSS v3.1 vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 base score

9.9

Exploit available

Yes

CVE ID(s)

Description

Uvdesk version 1.1.1 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute commands on the server. This is possible because the application does not properly validate profile pictures uploaded by customers.

Vulnerability

This vulnerability occurs because the application does not properly validate profile pictures uploaded by customers.

Exploitation

The application only accepts images (validates content and mimetype), however it does not correctly validate the image extension. Thanks to this we can inject PHP code in the image comments (so as not to corrupt it), and then through a proxy we change the image extension to .php.

Our security policy

We have reserved the CVE-2023-0265 to refer to this issue from now on. Disclosure policy

System Information

  • Version: Uvdesk 1.1.1

  • Operating System: GNU/Linux

Mitigation

There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.

References

Timeline

Vulnerability discovered

Jan 14, 2023

Vendor contacted

Jan 14, 2023

Vendor replied

Jan 14, 2023

Public disclosure

Apr 4, 2023

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