The administrator account for the
Danelec MacGregor Voyage Data Recorder
web interface can directly edit sensitive files related to authentication, potentially changing the root password.
An issue was discovered in INTERSCHALT Maritime Systems VDR G4e Versions 5.220 and prior. External input is used to construct paths to files and directories without properly neutralizing special elements within the pathname that could allow an attacker to read files on the system, a Path Traversal.