Code execution via unrestricted malicious file upload
Published Jan 12, 2025 · Updated Jan 13, 2025
Unrestricted file upload in HCL MyXalytics 6.3 allows attackers to execute malicious files through the application's upload handling. The validation accepts mismatched content types, double extensions, null bytes, and special characters instead of rejecting dangerous file names and payloads. Exploitation requires a highly privileged user with physical access and user interaction, and HCL reports limited integrity impact.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in HCL MyXalytics 6.3 allows attackers to execute malicious files through the application's upload handling. The validation accepts mismatched content types, double extensions, null bytes, and special characters instead of rejecting dangerous file names and payloads. Exploitation requires a highly privileged user with physical access and user interaction, and HCL reports limited integrity impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-42180
- Published
- Jan 12, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 13, 2025
- Vendor
- HCL Software
- Product
- MyXalytics
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1190
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.3
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