IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3.3 Path Traversal via Archive Unpacking
CVE-2024-24940 Published on February 6, 2024
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2023.3.3 path traversal was possible when unpacking archives
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-24940 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Relative Path Traversal
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-24940
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Affected Versions
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA:- Before 2023.3.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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