CVE-2014-5445: Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in ZOHO ManageEngine Netflow Analyzer 8.6 through 10.2 and IT360 10.3 allow remote attackers or remote…

PriorityP354medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPINAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

98.01%

99.9th percentile

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in ZOHO ManageEngine Netflow Analyzer 8.6 through 10.2 and IT360 10.3 allow remote attackers or remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the schFilePath parameter to the (1) CSVServlet or (2) CReportPDFServlet servlet.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
zohocorp	manageengine_it360	—	—
zohocorp	manageengine_netflow_analyzer	8.6 – 10.2	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/netflow/servlet/CSVServlet?schFilePath=/etc/passwd↗

url/netflow/servlet/CReportPDFServlet?schFilePath=C:\\boot.ini&pdf=true↗

path/netflow/servlet/CSVServlet↗

path/netflow/servlet/CReportPDFServlet↗

→Monitor HTTP GET requests to /netflow/servlet/CSVServlet or /netflow/servlet/CReportPDFServlet containing a 'schFilePath' parameter with an absolute path (e.g. starting with '/' or a Windows drive letter like 'C:\') — this is the exploitation pattern for CVE-2014-5445. ↗
→The vulnerability is unauthenticated in NetFlow Analyzer, so any unauthenticated request to the affected servlets with a schFilePath parameter should be treated as highly suspicious. ↗
→A Metasploit auxiliary module (auxiliary/admin/http/netflow_file_download) exists for this vulnerability; look for its characteristic HTTP request patterns against the CSVServlet endpoint. ↗
→When targeting Windows hosts, attackers must escape backslashes in the path parameter (e.g. C:\\boot.ini); detect double-backslash sequences in the schFilePath query parameter value. ↗

·Affected versions are NetFlow Analyzer 8.6 through 10.2 and IT360 10.3; version 10.2 was confirmed still vulnerable after a supposed fix release. ↗
·No official patch was available at time of disclosure (105 days after initial report); verify patch status before assuming remediation. ↗

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