ID:5933 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2019-3799

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:5933 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2019-3799

ID:5933 - Exploit for Path traversal in Spring Cloud Config - CVE-2019-3799

Published: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18426
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3799
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 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.