Red Hat JBoss Enterprise 6/7 Log File Viewer path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise 6/7 (Application Server Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Log File Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

It was found that the log file viewer in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application 6 and 7 allows arbitrary file read to authenticated user via path traversal.

The bug was discovered 06/07/2017. The weakness was released 07/27/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2595 since 11/30/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 189 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105252 (RHEL 6 / 7 : eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:3458)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236401 (Red Hat Update for jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:1552)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105252) and SecurityFocus (BID 98967†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-92173, VDB-92175, VDB-92322 and VDB-95800.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 105252
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 / 7 : eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:3458)
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:3458
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2595 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 98967 - Red Hat Wildfly CVE-2017-2595 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038757

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Created: 07/28/2018 07:32 AM
Updated: 04/27/2023 10:48 AM
Changes: 07/28/2018 07:32 AM (72), 03/10/2020 08:15 PM (4), 04/27/2023 10:36 AM (5), 04/27/2023 10:42 AM (13), 04/27/2023 10:48 AM (1)
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