A vulnerability was found in GCDWebServer up to 3.5.2 (Web Server). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function GCDWebUploader. The manipulation of the argument oldAbsolutePath with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).

The weakness was released 08/10/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-14924 since 08/10/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Web Server

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• GCDWebServer

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• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2

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