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Arbitrary File Download Affecting flask package, versions [,0.6.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-FLASK-40002
  • published 14 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 28 Aug 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

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Overview

Affected versions of flask are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download. A client can use backslashes to escape the directory the files where exposed from. Note: Only if the host server is a windows based operating system.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

3.1 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None