CVE-2014-7816

medium

Published 2014-12-01 · Modified 2024-12-07

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JBoss Undertow

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/wildfly_traversal rank 300

WildFly Directory Traversal

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
sid	Fixed	`0`
forky	Fixed	`0`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	io.undertow:undertow-core	`>=1.0.0,<1.0.17`	`1.0.17`
Maven	io.undertow:undertow-core	`>=1.1.0.Beta1,<1.1.0.CR5`	`1.1.0.CR5`
Maven	io.undertow:undertow-core	`>=1.2.0.Beta1,<1.2.0.Beta3`	`1.2.0.Beta3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
redhat	undertow	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.16"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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