CVE-2015-9287

CRITICAL

University of Cambridge mod_ucam_webauth < 2.0.2 - Path Traversal via WLS-Response kid Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Directory Traversal was discovered in University of Cambridge mod_ucam_webauth before 2.0.2. The key identification field ("kid") of the IdP's HTTP response message ("WLS-Response") can be manipulated by an attacker. The "kid" field is not signed like the rest of the message, and manipulation is therefore trivial. The "kid" field should only ever represent an integer. However, it is possible to provide any string value. An attacker could use this to their advantage to force the application agent to load the RSA public key required for message integrity checking from an unintended location.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03251-7_1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/grymer/CVE

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
cam/the_university_of_cambridge_web_authentication_system_apache_authentication_agent < 2.0.2
Published May 13, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026