CVE-2015-5211 (GCVE-0-2015-5211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-25 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
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.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
dell CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 449 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-10-15 00:00
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