Security restrictions bypass in Apache Storm

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU13540

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8008

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to path traversal when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted zip archive (affects other archives as well, bzip2, tar, xz, war, cpio, 7z) that holds path traversal filenames, conduct directory traversal attack and write arbitrary files in the system.

Mitigation

The vulnerability is addressed in the versions 1.1.3, 1.2.2.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Storm: 0.9.1 - 1.2.1

External links

http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/613b2fca8bcd0a3b12c0b763ea8f7cf62e422e9f79fce6cfa5b08a58@%3Cdev...

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.