ivanti endpoint-manager-mobile CVE-2023-35081 is a vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile
Published on August 3, 2023

A path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti EPMM versions (11.10.x < 11.10.0.3, 11.9.x < 11.9.1.2 and 11.8.x < 11.8.1.2) allows an authenticated administrator to write arbitrary files onto the appliance.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Path Traversal Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) contains a path traversal vulnerability that enables an authenticated administrator to perform malicious file writes to the EPMM server. This vulnerability can be used in conjunction with CVE-2023-35078, bypassing administrator authentication and ACLs restrictions (if applicable).

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by August 21, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-35081 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.2 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CVE-2023-35081 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-35081

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What versions of Endpoint Manager Mobile are vulnerable to CVE-2023-35081?