Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Syncope - CVE-2020-11977
Published: September 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46695
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11977
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions within the Flowable extension, which leads to possibility of scheduling Shell Service Tasks. A remote authenticated application administrator can read and write files and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
Apache Syncope
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11977
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Syncope - update to 2.1.7