Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-14924 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Gcdwebserver Project Gcdwebserver
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/commit/02738433bf2e1b820ef48f04edd15df304081802
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/commit/02738433bf2e1b820ef48f04edd15df304081802
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/issues/433
- https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/issues/433