Path traversal in Square Retrofit

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU22873

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000850

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences when processing POST, PUT or DELETE requests within the addPathParameter() method in RequestBuilder class. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted URL and gain access to otherwise restricted resources.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Retrofit: before 2.4.0

CPE2.3

External links

http://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
http://github.com/square/retrofit/commit/b9a7f6ad72073ddd40254c0058710e87a073047d#diff-943ec7ed35e68201824904d1dc0ec982
http://ihacktoprotect.com/post/retrofit-path-traversal/
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.