Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 2.14.1.0/2.15.0/3.0.5 on Grails Access Control GET Request access control

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A vulnerability was found in Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 2.14.1.0/2.15.0/3.0.5 on Grails. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Access Control. This manipulation as part of GET Request causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1000817. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 2.14.1.0/2.15.0/3.0.5 on Grails. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Access Control. The manipulation as part of a GET Request leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Asset Pipeline Grails Plugin Asset-pipeline plugin version Prior to 2.14.1.1, 2.15.1 and 3.0.6 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Applications deployed in Jetty that can result in Download .class files and any arbitrary file. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted GET request containing directory traversal from assets-pipeline context. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.14.1.1 (for Grails 2.x), 2.15.1 (for Grails 3 and Java 7) and 3.0.6 (for Grails 3 and Java 8).

The bug was discovered 08/17/2018. The weakness was shared 12/20/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at grailsblog.objectcomputing.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1000817 since 12/20/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 125 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.

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• Asset Pipeline Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.14.0
• 2.14.1.0
• 2.15.0
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5

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