5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-17572
Apache RocketMQ Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 14, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 15, 2020, 6:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-17572 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache rocketmq
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apache.org%3E Broken Link
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112 Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Updated: 2 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 15, 2023, 2:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apache.org%3E Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:rocketmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 up to (including) 4.6.0
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.22552

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