Path Traversal in Thomsonreuters Concourse Matter Room
CVE-2019-8385
An issue was discovered in Thomson Reuters Desktop Extensions 1.9.0.358. An unauthenticated directory traversal and local file inclusion vulnerability in the ThomsonReuters.Desktop.Service.exe and ThomsonReuters.Desktop.exe allows a remote attacker to list or enumerate sensitive contents of files via a \.. to port 6677. Additionally, this could allow for privilege escalation by dumping the affected machine's SAM and SYSTEM database files, as well as remote code execution.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.196 (97.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Thomsonreuters Concourse_matter_room
- Thomsonreuters Firm_central_desktop
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-8385?
- CVE-2019-8385 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thomsonreuters Concourse Matter Room, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2019-8385?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-8385 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.