A vulnerability in the web application of the ctrlX OS setup mechanism facilitated an authenticated (low privileged) attacker to gain remote access to backup archives created by a user with elevated permissions. Depending on the content of the backup archive, the attacker may have been able to access sensitive data.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: