CVE-2024-8405

Arbitrary File Creation in PaperCut NG/MF Web Print leading to a Denial of Service attack

State: Published
Severity: 6.1 Medium
Published: Sep 26, 2024
Updated: Sep 26, 2024
Reserved: Sep 4, 2024

Description

An arbitrary file creation vulnerability exists in PaperCut NG/MF that only affects Windows servers with Web Print enabled. This specific flaw exists within the web-print.exe process, which can incorrectly create files that don’t exist when a maliciously formed payload is provided. This can be used to flood disk space and result in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Note:

This CVE has been split from CVE-2024-4712.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.1 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	PaperCut

Weaknesses

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PaperCut NG, PaperCut MFPaperCut	before 23.0.9Affectedfrom 23.0.9Not affected

References

https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/Security-Bulletin-May-2024/

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