CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-26868

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Published: Oct 12, 2020 | Modified: Oct 19, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

ARC Informatique PcVue prior to version 12.0.17 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to the ability of an unauthorized user to modify information used to validate messages sent by legitimate web clients. This issue also affects third-party systems based on the Web Services Toolkit.

Weakness

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pcvue Pcvuesolutions 8.10 (including) 12.0.17 (excluding)

Extended Description

Resources such as files and directories may be inadvertently exposed through mechanisms such as insecure permissions, or when a program accidentally operates on the wrong object. For example, a program may intend that private files can only be provided to a specific user. This effectively defines a control sphere that is intended to prevent attackers from accessing these private files. If the file permissions are insecure, then parties other than the user will be able to access those files. A separate control sphere might effectively require that the user can only access the private files, but not any other files on the system. If the program does not ensure that the user is only requesting private files, then the user might be able to access other files on the system. In either case, the end result is that a resource has been exposed to the wrong party.

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