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Privilege Escalation Affecting system.net.http.winhttphandler package, versions [,4.0.2) [4.3,4.5.4)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
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NVD
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMNETHTTPWINHTTPHANDLER-60043
  • published 12 May 2017
  • disclosed 12 May 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 12 May 2017

CVE-2017-0249 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler to version 4.0.2, 4.5.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to failing to properly sanitize web requests.