CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-10829

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Published: Aug 01, 2019 | Modified: Aug 12, 2019
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

cPanel before 55.9999.141 allows arbitrary file-read operations because of a multipart form processing error (SEC-99).

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
Cpanel Cpanel 11.51.9999.98 *
Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.4 *
Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.0 *
Cpanel Cpanel 55.9999.61 *

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