CVE-2018-1271: Path Traversal

April 6, 2018 (updated July 23, 2019)

Spring Framework allows applications to configure Spring MVC to serve static resources (e.g., CSS, JS, images). When static resources are served from a file system on Windows (as opposed to the classpath, or the ServletContext), a malicious user can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/103699
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1271
pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1271

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