Facebook HHVM up to 4.83.0 Admin Server path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Facebook HHVM up to 4.83.0 (Social Network Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Admin Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/27/2021. The advisory is shared for download at facebook.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-3556 since 01/02/2019. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 4.56.2, 4.78.1, 4.79.1, 4.80.1, 4.81.1, 4.82.1 or 4.83.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at hhvm.com. Applying the patch abe0b29e4d3a610f9bc920b8be4ad8403364c2d4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: HHVM 4.56.2/4.78.1/4.79.1/4.80.1/4.81.1/4.82.1/4.83.1
Patch: abe0b29e4d3a610f9bc920b8be4ad8403364c2d4

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01/02/2019 🔍
10/27/2021 +1028 days 🔍
10/27/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2021 +4 days 🔍

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Advisory: abe0b29e4d3a610f9bc920b8be4ad8403364c2d4
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-3556 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2021 07:11 AM
Updated: 10/31/2021 07:51 AM
Changes: 10/27/2021 07:11 AM (43), 10/31/2021 07:45 AM (3), 10/31/2021 07:51 AM (18)
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