Improper privilege management in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2018-1272
Published: April 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11753
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1272
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Pivotal Spring Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper processing of multipart requests. A remote attacker can make a multipart request that injects malicious content to the target server, cause it to use wrong values and gain root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1272
Update to versions 5.0.5 or 4.3.15.