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CVE-2019-17572

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 87th percentile. Fixed in 4.6.1.

CVSS 3.15.3MediumEPSS percentile87th3.0% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix4.6.1Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub

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What to do

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  • n/a Apache RocketMQAffected: Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0Upgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
  • Maven org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-brokerAffected: ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.6.1Upgrade to: 4.6.1Stated by: GitHub advisory
  • Apache RocketmqAffected: ≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.6.0Upgrade to: after 4.6.0Stated by: NVD

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What it is

From the CVE record

In Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0, when the automatic topic creation in the broker is turned on by default, an evil topic like “../../../../topic2020” is sent from rocketmq-client to the broker, a topic folder will be created in the parent directory in brokers, which leads to a directory traversal vulnerability. Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following: Upgrade to Apache RocketMQ 4.6.1 or later.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS87th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

3.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 87th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 1652 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Scored 5.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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