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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2015-9287 Detail

Description

Directory Traversal was discovered in University of Cambridge mod_ucam_webauth before 2.0.2. The key identification field ("kid") of the IdP's HTTP response message ("WLS-Response") can be manipulated by an attacker. The "kid" field is not signed like the rest of the message, and manipulation is therefore trivial. The "kid" field should only ever represent an integer. However, it is possible to provide any string value. An attacker could use this to their advantage to force the application agent to load the RSA public key required for message integrity checking from an unintended location.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03251-7_1 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03251-7_1 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/grymer/CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/grymer/CVE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:cam:the_university_of_cambridge_web_authentication_system_apache_authentication_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (excluding)
2.0.2

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-9287
NVD Published Date:
05/13/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE