Improper access control in atlas - CVE-2016-8752

 

Improper access control in atlas - CVE-2016-8752

Published: August 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38387
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8752
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: alibaba
Affected software:
atlas

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Apache Atlas versions 0.6.0 (incubating), 0.7.0 (incubating), and 0.7.1 (incubating) allow access to the webapp directory contents by pointing to URIs like /js and /img.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-8752

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources