CVE-2023-50731
December 22, 2023
MindsDB is a SQL Server for artificial intelligence. Prior to version 23.11.4.1, the "put" method in "mindsdb/mindsdb/api/http/namespaces/file.py" does not validate the user-controlled name value, which is used in a temporary file name, which is afterwards opened for writing on lines 122-125, which leads to path injection. Later in the method, the temporary directory is deleted on line 151, but since we can write outside of the directory using the path injection vulnerability, the potentially dangerous file is not deleted. Arbitrary file contents can be written due to "f.write(chunk)" on line 125. Mindsdb does check later on line 149 in the "save_file" method in "file-controller.py" which calls the "_handle_source" method in "file_handler.py" if a file is of one of the types "csv", "json", "parquet", "xls", or "xlsx". However, since the check happens after the file has already been written, the files will still exist (and will not be removed due to the path injection described earlier), just the "_handle_source" method will return an error. The same user-controlled source source is used also in another path injection sink on line 138. This leads to another path injection, which allows an attacker to delete any "zip" or "tar.gz" files on the server.
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Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.22