Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache bRPC - CVE-2023-31039
Published: May 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76046
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2023-31039
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache bRPC
Apache bRPC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local user can influence the ServerOptions pid_file parameter with which the bRPC server is started and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the bRPC process.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-31039
Install updates from vendor's website.