A path traversal vulnerability in System Information Reporter (SIR) 1.0.3 and prior allowed an authenticated high privileged user to issue malicious ePO post requests to System Information Reporter, leading to creation of files anywhere on the filesystem and possibly overwriting existing files and exposing sensitive information disclosure.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.