# CVE-2023-47251: In mprivacy-tools before 2.0.406g in m-privacy TightGate-Pro Server, a Directory Traversal in the print function of the VNC service allows a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-22 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In mprivacy-tools before 2.0.406g in m-privacy TightGate-Pro Server, a Directory Traversal in the print function of the VNC service allows authenticated attackers (with access to a VNC session) to automatically transfer malicious PDF documents by moving them into the .spool directory, and then sending a signal to the VNC service, which automatically transfers them to the connected VNC client's filesystem.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
- https://www.m-privacy.de/en/tightgate-pro-safe-surfing/
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-m-privacy-tightgate-pro/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/13
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175949/m-privacy-TightGate-Pro-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html

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