CVE-2018-11798

thrift: Improper Access Control grants access to files outside the webservers docroot path

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security vulnerability in which a remote user has the ability to access files outside the set webservers docroot path.

El servidor web estático Node.js de Apache Thrift, desde su versión 0.9.2 hasta la 0.11.0, contiene una vulnerabilidad de seguridad en la que un usuario remoto tiene la capacidad de acceder a archivos fuera de la ruta webservers docroot predeterminada.

A flaw was found in the Node.js static web server in Apache Thrift, where it allowed a remote user to access files outside of the set web servers' docroot path. An attacker could use this flaw to possibly access unauthorized files and sensitive information.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-06-05 CVE Reserved
2018-10-05 First Exploit
2019-01-07 CVE Published
2024-01-01 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106501	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e9edd282684896cedf615fb67a02bebfe6007f2d5baf03ba52e34fd%40%3Cuser.thrift.apache.org%3E	X_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-11798	2018-10-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3140	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11798	2019-10-17
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1667188	2019-10-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Thrift Search vendor "Apache" for product "Thrift"				>= 0.9.2 <= 0.11.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Thrift" and version " >= 0.9.2 <= 0.11.0"		node.js		Affected