# CVE-2020-15492: An issue was discovered in INNEO Startup TOOLS 2017 M021 12.0.66.3784 through 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-07-23 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in INNEO Startup TOOLS 2017 M021 12.0.66.3784 through 2018 M040 13.0.70.3804. The sut_srv.exe web application (served on TCP port 85) includes user input into a filesystem access without any further validation. This might allow an unauthenticated attacker to read files on the server via Directory Traversal, or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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## References

- https://www.inneo.co.uk/en/product-development/inneo-in-house-products/startup-tools.html
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-028.txt
- https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/2020/syss-2020-028-sicherheitsschwachstelle-in-inneo-startup-tools-2017-und-2018/
- https://www.inneo.de/files/content/Produktentwicklung/Tools-und-Erweiterungen/Startup-TOOLS/INNEO-SA-SUT-2020-01.pdf
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158556/INNEO-Startup-TOOLS-2018-M040-13.0.70.3804-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48693
- https://github.com/patrickhener/CVE-2020-15492

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