SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2017-6928

CVE-2017-6928 — Drupal core 7

Drupal core 7.x versions before 7.57 when using Drupal's private file system, Drupal will check to make sure a user has access to a file before allowing the user to view or download it. This check fails under certain conditions in which one module is trying to grant access t

CVSS
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EPSS
0.28% (top 49.20%)
CWE
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Published
2018-03-01T22:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T23:11:04.095Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Drupal core 7.x versions before 7.57 when using Drupal's private file system, Drupal will check to make sure a user has access to a file before allowing the user to view or download it. This check fails under certain conditions in which one module is trying to grant access to the file and another is trying to deny it, leading to an access bypass vulnerability. This vulnerability is mitigated by…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Drupal.orgDrupal CoreDrupal 7.x versions before 7.57

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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