Improper input validation in Pivotal Spring Boot and Pivotal Spring Data REST - CVE-2017-8046
Published: April 11, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11761
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8046
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted JSON data and execute arbitrary Java code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted JSON data and execute arbitrary Java code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Pivotal Spring Boot
Pivotal Spring Data REST
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
Pivotal Spring Data REST
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2017-8046
Update Pivotal Spring Data REST to 2.5.12, 2.6.7, 3.0 RC3, Spring Boot to 2.0.0M4.
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #6244 - Spring Data REST < 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9) / 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) - PATCH Request Remote Code Execution (June 17, 2021)
- Exploit #2378 - SpringBreakVulnerableApp (WARNING: This is a vulnerable application to test the exploit for the Spring Break vulnerability (CVE-2017-8046). Run it at your own risk!) (April 7, 2020)
- Exploit #2341 - spring-break-cve-2017-8046 (This is a Java program that exploits Spring Break vulnerability (CVE-2017-8046).) (April 7, 2020)
- Exploit #2353 - spring-break_cve-2017-8046 (This is a Java program that exploits Spring Break vulnerability (CVE-2017-8046).) (April 7, 2020)