CVE-2013-6397
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Directory traversal vulnerability in SolrResourceLoader in Apache Solr before 4.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full pathname in the tr parameter to solr/select/, when the response writer (wt parameter) is set to XSLT. NOTE: this can be leveraged using a separate XXE (XML eXternal Entity) vulnerability to allow access to files across restricted network boundaries.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/changes/Changes.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59372
- http://www.agarri.fr/kom/archives/2013/11/27/compromising_an_unreachable_solr_server_with_cve-2013-6397/index.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63935
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4882
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