The up.time agent in Idera Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.5 and 7.6 on Linux allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecifie

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• idera uptime infrastructure monitor7.5
• idera uptime infrastructure monitor7.6

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2015-9263An issue was discovered in post2file.php in Up.Time Monitoring Station 7.5.0 (build 16) and 7.4.0 (build 13).
  43Plan
• CVE-2017-11471IDERA Uptime Monitor 7.8 has SQL injection in /gadgets/definitions/uptime.CapacityWhatIfGadget/getmetrics.php via the element parameter.
  39Monitor
• CVE-2017-11470IDERA Uptime Monitor 7.8 has SQL injection in /gadgets/definitions/uptime.CapacityWhatifGadget/getxenmetrics.php via the element parameter.
  39Monitor
• CVE-2017-11469get2post.php in IDERA Uptime Monitor 7.8 has directory traversal in the file_name parameter.
  31Monitor
• CVE-2015-2895Buffer overflow in the up.time client in Idera Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
  30Monitor
• CVE-2015-2896The up.time client in Idera Uptime Infrastructure Monitor through 7.6 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive version, OS, p
  21Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.