CVE-2020-5417 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-5417

Cloud Controller may allow developers to claim sensitive routes

Vulnerability Description

Cloud Foundry CAPI (Cloud Controller), versions prior to 1.97.0, when used in a deployment where an app domain is also the system domain (which is true in the default CF Deployment manifest), were vulnerable to developers maliciously or accidentally claiming certain sensitive routes, potentially resulting in the developer's app handling some requests that were expected to go to certain system components.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Cloud Foundry

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Affected Software

CAPI, CF Deployment
Vulnerable Versions:
All

Timeline

Official Publish: August 21st, 2020
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion