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CVE-2017-1000028 in the critical feed json

Oracle, GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 is vulnerable to both authenticated and unauthenticated Directory Traversal vulnerability,…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-1356

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
99.5%
EPSS 99.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
4
Metasploit and Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Oracle, GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 is vulnerable to both authenticated and unauthenticated Directory Traversal vulnerability, that can be exploited by issuing a specially crafted HTTP GET request.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

99.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal Path Traversal in Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2015-08-08
  • EDB-45198 Oracle Glassfish OSE 4.1 - Path Traversal (Metasploit) webapps, 2018-08-14
  • EDB-45196 Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 - Path Traversal (Metasploit) webapps, 2018-08-14
  • EDB-39441 Oracle GlassFish Server 4.1 - Directory Traversal webapps, 2015-08-27
  • Nuclei template Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-016/?fid=6904 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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