CVE-2018-9159

Aliases:GHSA-76qr-mmh8-cp8f
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 31 Mar 2018, 21:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 07:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.79% LOW
1% probability +0.41%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Mar 2018, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 07:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal sequences. NOTE: this product is unrelated to Ignite Realtime Spark.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.79%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-22•Improper 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.

Affected Systems

  • com.sparkjava•spark-core

    < 2.7.2

  • sparkjava•spark

    < 2.7.2

References (10)