The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of a path traversal vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures.
Serv-U server is a solution that provides a secure file transfer facility and control inside and outside the organization. Identified as CVE-2024-28995, SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF 1 and previous versions allow an unauthenticated threat actor to access local files remotely, earning a high CVSS score of 8.6. On account of multiple reports of in-the-wild exploitation of the vulnerability, the users are strongly encouraged to upgrade their instances to the latest fixed version SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF 2, as mentioned by the vendor in the advisory.
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Source: Sonicwall
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