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ID:4555 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2019-3799
ID:4555 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2019-3799
Published: September 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18426
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3799
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Spring Cloud Config
Spring Cloud Config
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists because the spring-cloud-config-server module of the affected software allows applications to serve static resources from a file system. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read, overwrite or delete arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.