#VU18082 Insufficient logging in Beats - CVE-2019-7613
Published: March 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18082
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7613
CWE-ID: CWE-778
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Beats
Beats
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker disrupt logging functionality of the application.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input when writing events into log files within the Winlogbeat. A remote attacker with ability to supply specially crafted characters to the Elasticsearch application can inject certain characters into a log entry could prevent Winlogbeat from recording the event.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow attackers to hide their malicious activity on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.