THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-9159
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-9159

Spark vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
In Spark before 2.7.2, a remote attacker can read unintended static files via various representations of absolute or relative pathnames, as demonstrated by file: URLs and directory traversal sequences. NOTE: this product is unrelated to Ignite Realtime Spark.
Affected vendor
Sparkjava
Affected product
Spark
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-03-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-9159

  • Confirm whether Sparkjava Spark is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-9159.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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