Arbitrary Directory Traversal and Unauthorized Access in ABB IDAL FTP Server

Arbitrary Directory Traversal and Unauthorized Access in ABB IDAL FTP Server

CVE-2019-7227 · HIGH Severity

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

In the ABB IDAL FTP server, an authenticated attacker can traverse to arbitrary directories on the hard disk with "CWD ../" and then use the FTP server functionality to download and upload files. An unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of the hardcoded or default credential pair exor/exor to become an authenticated attacker.

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