CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1000025

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Published: Feb 09, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Jerome Gamez Firebase Admin SDK for PHP version from 3.2.0 to 3.8.0 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in src/Firebase/Auth/IdTokenVerifier.php does not verify for token signature that can result in JWT with any email address and user ID could be forged from an actual token, or from thin air. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker would only need to know email address of the victim on most cases.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.8.1.

Weakness

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firebase_admin_sdk_for_php Firebase_admin_sdk_for_php_project 3.2.0 3.8.0

Potential Mitigations

  • Run the code in a “jail” or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which files can be accessed in a particular directory or which commands can be executed by the software.
  • OS-level examples include the Unix chroot jail, AppArmor, and SELinux. In general, managed code may provide some protection. For example, java.io.FilePermission in the Java SecurityManager allows the software to specify restrictions on file operations.
  • This may not be a feasible solution, and it only limits the impact to the operating system; the rest of the application may still be subject to compromise.
  • Be careful to avoid CWE-243 and other weaknesses related to jails.

References