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critical 9.6

CVE-2015-5211 in the critical feed json

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties in org.springframework:spring-core

published 2017-05-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pgf9-h69p-pcgf , EUVD-2018-0652

cvss
9.6
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Under some situations, the Spring Framework 4.2.0 to 4.2.1, 4.0.0 to 4.1.7, 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 and older unsupported versions is vulnerable to a Reflected File Download (RFD) attack. The attack involves a malicious user crafting a URL with a batch script extension that results in the response being downloaded rather than rendered and also includes some input reflected in the response.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-core 3.2.15, 4.1.8, 4.2.2
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.1.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5211

  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.2.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5211

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5211 updated cvss 4.0

Framework: Reflected File Download (RFD) vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Reflected-File-Download---A-New-Web-Attack-Vector/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.0 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-core
>=4.2.0, <4.2.2
>=4.0.0, <4.1.8
<3.2.15
4.2.2
4.1.8
3.2.15

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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