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Absolute Path Traversal in Ivanti EPM

IdentifiersCVE-2024-13161CWE-36· Absolute Path Traversal

CVE-2024-13161 is an absolute path traversal vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM). According to the provided content, affected versions are Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and before the 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update. The flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to supply path input that traverses to an absolute filesystem location and access files outside the intended directory scope, resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the Ivanti EPM server. Depending on what files are reachable, this could expose configuration data, credentials, keys, or other internal files useful for follow-on compromise.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure of Ivanti EPM to untrusted networks, restrict remote access to management interfaces, and monitor for suspicious requests indicative of path traversal attempts. Limit access to sensitive files on the host using least-privilege filesystem permissions and isolate the EPM server from direct internet exposure where possible.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Ivanti Endpoint Manager to the fixed releases referenced in the content: the 2024 January-2025 Security Update or the 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update, or later supported versions that include the vendor fix.
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