CVE-2019-12182 — Directory Traversal in Safescan Timemoto and TA-8000 series version 1

Directory Traversal in Safescan Timemoto and TA-8000 series version 1.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code via the administrative API.

01What is this vulnerability?

Directory Traversal in Safescan Timemoto and TA-8000 series version 1.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code via the administrative API.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-13T16:11:13.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:10:30.817Z

09References

• safescan.com — https://safescan.com/
• github.com — https://github.com/ProCheckUp/SafeScan
• procheckup.com — https://procheckup.com/blogs/posts/2020/february/remote-code-execution-on-biomet…
• support.timemoto.com — https://support.timemoto.com/en/s/safescan-time-clock-systems/a/firmware-update-…