8.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-5407
Apache Spring Security SAML Signature Wrapping Vulnerability
Description

Spring Security versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4 and 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2 contain a signature wrapping vulnerability during SAML response validation. When using the spring-security-saml2-service-provider component, a malicious user can carefully modify an otherwise valid SAML response and append an arbitrary assertion that Spring Security will accept as valid.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-5407 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-5407 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware spring_security
1 Pivotal_software spring_security

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Imoro Umar Farouq's report on Internal Network Penetration Testing

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : Sept. 12, 2024, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-5407 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-5407 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7@%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Pivotal Software, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7@%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7@%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407 No Types Assigned https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-347
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.4 *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.3.0 up to (excluding) 5.3.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7@%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-5407 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-5407 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

1.16 }} 0.33%

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0.85172

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