VDB-102269 · CVE-2017-4971 · BID 98785

Pivotal Spring Web Flow up to 2.4.4 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Pivotal Spring Web Flow up to 2.4.4. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-4971. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pivotal Spring Web Flow up to 2.4.4. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Web Flow through 2.4.4. Applications that do not change the value of the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property which is disabled by default (i.e., set to 'false') can be vulnerable to malicious EL expressions in view states that process form submissions but do not have a sub-element to declare explicit data binding property mappings.

The bug was discovered 05/31/2017. The weakness was shared 06/13/2017 by Stefano Ciccone (Website). The advisory is shared at jira.spring.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-4971 since 12/29/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98785†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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12/29/2016 🔍
05/31/2017 +153 days 🔍
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06/13/2017 +13 days 🔍
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10/20/2019 +859 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: pivotal.io

Advisory: jira.spring.io
Researcher: Stefano Ciccone
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-4971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102269
SecurityFocus: 98785 - Pivotal Spring Web Flow CVE-2017-4971 Security Bypass Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2017 17:02
Updated: 10/20/2019 16:56
Changes: 06/13/2017 17:02 (62), 10/20/2019 16:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 vul007 (+0)
9 years ago
this exploit is published.

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