CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5211

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Published: May 25, 2017 | Modified: Jun 05, 2022
CVSS 3.x
9.6
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Under some situations, the Spring Framework 4.2.0 to 4.2.1, 4.0.0 to 4.1.7, 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 and older unsupported versions is vulnerable to a Reflected File Download (RFD) attack. The attack involves a malicious user crafting a URL with a batch script extension that results in the response being downloaded rather than rendered and also includes some input reflected in the response.

Weakness

The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.2 3.2.2
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.1 3.2.1
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.8 3.2.8
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.7 3.2.7
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.10 3.2.10
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.9 3.2.9
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.4 3.2.4
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.3 3.2.3
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.6 3.2.6
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.5 3.2.5
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.5 4.0.5
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.7 4.0.7
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.6 4.0.6
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.12 3.2.12
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.11 3.2.11
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.13 3.2.13
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.9 4.0.9
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.8 4.0.8
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.3 4.0.3
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.2 4.0.2
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.4 4.0.4
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.1 4.0.1
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.14 3.2.14
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.6 4.1.6
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.5 4.1.5
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.7 4.1.7
Spring_framework Vmware 4.2.1 4.2.1
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.1 4.1.1
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.2 4.1.2
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.3 4.1.3
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.4 4.1.4
Spring_framework Vmware 3.2.0 3.2.0
Spring_framework Vmware 4.0.0 4.0.0
Spring_framework Vmware 4.1.0 4.1.0
Spring_framework Vmware 4.2.0 4.2.0

Extended Description

Web servers, FTP servers, and similar servers may store a set of files underneath a “root” directory that is accessible to the server’s users. Applications may store sensitive files underneath this root without also using access control to limit which users may request those files, if any. Alternately, an application might package multiple files or directories into an archive file (e.g., ZIP or tar), but the application might not exclude sensitive files that are underneath those directories. In cloud technologies and containers, this weakness might present itself in the form of misconfigured storage accounts that can be read or written by a public or anonymous user.

Potential Mitigations

References