CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-12542

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '' (forward slashes) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory when running on Windows Operating Systems.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1025 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539171 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2018-10-10 08:29

Updated : 2020-12-16 06:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-12542

Mitre link : CVE-2018-12542

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-22