Improper Privilege Management in Tryton - CVE-2017-0360
Published: April 4, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39285
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0360
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Python.org
Affected software:
Tryton
Tryton
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
file_open in Tryton 3.x and 4.x through 4.2.2 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to read arbitrary files via a "same root name but with a suffix" attack. NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1242.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-0360
Install update from vendor's website.