THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6598
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6598

Track It\! vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
19.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
BMC Track-It! 11.4 before Hotfix 3 exposes an unauthenticated .NET remoting file storage service (FileStorageService) on port 9010. This service contains a method that allows uploading a file to an arbitrary path on the machine that is running Track-It!. This can be used to upload a file to the web root and achieve code execution as NETWORK SERVICE or SYSTEM.
Affected vendor
Bmc
Affected product
Track It\!
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2018-01-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6598

  • Confirm whether Bmc Track It\! is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6598.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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