Medium severity · published Feb 5, 2024
CVE-2023-34042
The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file…
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The spring-security.xsd file inside the
spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were
extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system.
While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732:
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result
in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring
Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Spring Security · Vmware
5.8.4 before 5.8.7; 6.0.4 before 6.0.7; 6.1.1 before 6.1.4; 5.7.9; 5.7.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34042
Vendor Advisory
https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34042
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0010/
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