CVE-2020-5398
RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application
Description
In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.3, versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.13, and versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16, an application is vulnerable to a reflected file download (RFD) attack when it sets a "Content-Disposition" header in the response where the filename attribute is derived from user supplied input.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:RUser InteractionRequired
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
Maven
package-ecosystem
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Pivotal Software Inc.
commercial·USaka redis, spring amqp rabbitmq, spring framework
vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
Products CVE Techniques Tactics
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MITRE ATT&CK
3 techniques Execution
Initial Access
References
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r028977b9b9d44a89823639aa3296fb0f0cfdd76b4450df89d3c4fbbf@%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0f2d0ae1bad2edb3d4a863d77f3097b5e88cfbdae7b809f4f42d6aad@%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0f3530f7cb510036e497532ffc4e0bd0b882940448cf4e233994b08b@%3Ccommits.karaf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
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