http-live-simulator up to 1.0.6 URL path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in http-live-simulator up to 1.0.6. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-16479. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in http-live-simulator up to 1.0.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Path traversal vulnerability in http-live-simulator <1.0.7 causes unauthorized access to arbitrary files on disk by appending extra slashes after the URL.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2019. The weakness was presented 02/01/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hackerone.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16479 since 09/04/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: http-live-simulator 1.0.7

Timelineinfo

09/04/2018 🔍
01/23/2019 +141 days 🔍
02/01/2019 +9 days 🔍
02/01/2019 +0 days 🔍
02/02/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/07/2020 +460 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hackerone.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-16479 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16479
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130388

Entryinfo

Created: 02/02/2019 20:31
Updated: 05/07/2020 10:58
Changes: 02/02/2019 20:31 (57), 05/07/2020 10:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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