CVE-2019-16758 — In Lexmark Services Monitor 2

In Lexmark Services Monitor 2.27.4.0.39 (running on TCP port 2070), a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique using /../../../ or ..%2F..%2F..%2F to obtain local files on the host operating system.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Lexmark Services Monitor 2.27.4.0.39 (running on TCP port 2070), a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique using /../../../ or ..%2F..%2F..%2F to obtain local files on the host operating system.

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

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: 2019-11-21T17:56:23.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:24:47.220Z

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155365/Lexmark-Services-Monitor-2.27.4.0.39…
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/17
• www.symantec.com — https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110943
• support.lexmark.com — http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=TE930&locale=en&userlocale=EN_U…