CVE-2014-7816

Undertow: Information disclosure via directory traversal

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Published Dec 1, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 25.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a resource URI.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow::cr4::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow::beta2::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JBoss Undertow

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 25.1% (25.082% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/830
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71328
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157478
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/UNDERTOW-338
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-4020
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7816
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7816

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Redhat Undertow

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Dec 1, 2014, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:03 PM
Reserved: Oct 3, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:15 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 1, 2014, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:15 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Oct 28, 2014, 12:00 AM

Severity: Important
Public date: Oct 28, 2014, 12:00 AM

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