Potential Local File Read Vulnerability In JVM Based Application

 1title: Potential Local File Read Vulnerability In JVM Based Application
 2id: e032f5bc-4563-4096-ae3b-064bab588685
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    Detects potential local file read vulnerability in JVM based apps.
 6    If the exceptions are caused due to user input and contain path traversal payloads then it's a red flag.    
 7references:
 8    - https://www.wix.engineering/post/threat-and-vulnerability-hunting-with-application-server-error-logs
 9author: Moti Harmats
10date: 2023-02-11
11tags:
12    - attack.initial-access
13    - attack.t1190
14logsource:
15    category: application
16    product: jvm
17    definition: 'Requirements: application error logs must be collected (with LOG_LEVEL=ERROR and above)'
18detection:
19    keywords_local_file_read:
20        '|all':
21            - 'FileNotFoundException'
22            - '/../../..'
23    condition: keywords_local_file_read
24falsepositives:
25    - Application bugs
26level: high

References

• Threat and Vulnerability Hunting with Application Server Error Logs

  

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