CVE-2017-16790

N/A
Published: August 6, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSymfony

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Symfony before 2.7.38, 2.8.31, 3.2.14, 3.3.13, 3.4-BETA5, and 4.0-BETA5. When a form is submitted by the user, the request handler classes of the Form component merge POST data and uploaded files data into one array. This big array forms the data that are then bound to the form. At this stage there is no difference anymore between submitted POST data and uploaded files. A user can send a crafted HTTP request where the value of a "FileType" is sent as normal POST data that could be interpreted as a local file path on the server-side (for example, "file:///etc/passwd"). If the application did not perform any additional checks about the value submitted to the "FileType", the contents of the given file on the server could have been exposed to the attacker.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.7.372.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.303.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.2.133.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.3.12

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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