CVE-2019-13408 — A relative path traversal vulnerability found in Advan VD-1 firmware versions up

A relative path traversal vulnerability found in Advan VD-1 firmware versions up to 230. It allows attackers to download arbitrary files via url cgibin/ExportSettings.cgi?Download=filepath, without any authentication.

01What is this vulnerability?

A relative path traversal vulnerability found in Advan VD-1 firmware versions up to 230. It allows attackers to download arbitrary files via url cgibin/ExportSettings.cgi?Download=filepath, without any authentication.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
AndroVideo	Advan VD	1 firmware — up to 230

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

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

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: 2019-08-29T00:18:52.900Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T01:26:55.568Z

09References

• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/keniver/f5155b42eb278ec0273b83565b64235b#file-androvideo…
• tvn.twcert.org.tw — https://tvn.twcert.org.tw/taiwanvn/TVN-201906009
• surl.twcert.org.tw — http://surl.twcert.org.tw/2bvXq