CVE-2018-1271: oracle application_testing_suite Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1271 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in oracle application_testing_suite. EPSS estimates a 34.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-04-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported versions, allow applications to configure Spring MVC to serve static resources (e.g. CSS, JS, images). When static resources are served from a file system on Windows (as opposed to the classpath, or the ServletContext), a malicious user can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.