ID:4638 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2020-5410

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:4638 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2020-5410

ID:4638 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2020-5410

Published: September 21, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28498
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5410
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Spring Cloud Config

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.