CVE-2018-3760
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Description
There is an information leak vulnerability in Sprockets. Versions Affected: 4.0.0.beta7 and lower, 3.7.1 and lower, 2.12.4 and lower. Specially crafted requests can be used to access files that exists on the filesystem that is outside an application's root directory, when the Sprockets server is used in production. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the work arounds immediately.
Available Exploits
Ruby On Rails - Local File Inclusion
Ruby On Rails is vulnerable to local file inclusion caused by secondary decoding in Sprockets 3.7.1 and lower versions. An attacker can use %252e%252e/ to access the root directory and read or execute any file on the target server.
References:
- https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/rails/CVE-2018-3760
- https://i.blackhat.com/us-18/Wed-August-8/us-18-Orange-Tsai-Breaking-Parser-Logic-Take-Your-Path-Normalization-Off-And-Pop-0days-Out-2.pdf
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/210
- https://xz.aliyun.com/t/2542
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3760
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 20, 2018, Modified: September 5, 2023