Critical severity · published Oct 15, 2020
CVE-2019-17640
In Eclipse Vert.x 3.4.x up to 3.9.4, 4.0.0.milestone1, 4.0.0.milestone2, 4.0.0.milestone3, 4.0.0.milestone4, 4.0.0.milestone5, 4.0.0.Beta1, 4.0.0.Beta2, and 4.0.0.Beta3,…
9.8
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Eclipse Vert.x 3.4.x up to 3.9.4, 4.0.0.milestone1, 4.0.0.milestone2, 4.0.0.milestone3, 4.0.0.milestone4, 4.0.0.milestone5, 4.0.0.Beta1, 4.0.0.Beta2, and 4.0.0.Beta3, StaticHandler doesn't correctly processes back slashes on Windows Operating systems, allowing, escape the webroot folder to the current working directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Vert.x · Eclipse
3.4.0 through 3.9.4; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17640
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17640
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567416
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r591f6932560c8c46cee87415afed92924a982189fea7f7c9096f8e33%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8383b5e7344a8b872e430ad72241b84b83e9701d275c602cfe34a941%40%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d863b148efe778ce5f8f961d0cafeda399e681d3f0656233b4c5511%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd0ebf8387cfd0b959d1e218797e709793cce51a5ea2f84d0976f47d%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
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