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CVE-2018-12538

Published: Jun 22, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-6
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-6CWE-384

Affected Products

netapp
commercial·US
e-series santricity management plug-ins
Hardware Firmware
e-series santricity os controller
Hardware Firmware
e-series santricity web services proxy
Hardware Firmware
element software
Hardware Firmware
hyper converged infrastructure
Hardware Firmware
oncommand system manager
Hardware Firmware
oncommand unified manager
Hardware Firmware
santricity cloud connector
Hardware Firmware
eclipse
oss-project·BEaka eclipse-foundation
jettyOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
Retail Xstore Point of ServiceOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Eclipse Foundation
oss-project·DE
JettyOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
The Eclipse Foundation
oss-projectaka eclipse mosquitto, eclipse jetty, eclipse openj9
Eclipse JettyOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Defense Evasion
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041194
securitytracker.com
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536018
bugs.eclipse.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
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