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CVE-2015-9287

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory Traversal was discovered in University of Cambridge mod_ucam_webauth before 2.0.2. The key identification field ("kid") of the IdP's HTTP response message ("WLS-Response") can be manipulated by an attacker. The "kid" field is not signed like the rest of the message, and manipulation is therefore trivial. The "kid" field should only ever represent an integer. However, it is possible to provide any string value. An attacker could use this to their advantage to force the application agent to load the RSA public key required for message integrity checking from an unintended location.

Affected products

• Cam The University Of Cambridge Web Authentication System Apache Authentication Agent: before 2.0.2 — fixed in 2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cam The University Of Cambridge Web Authentication System Apache Authentication Agent 2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03251-7_1
• https://github.com/grymer/CVE
• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03251-7_1
• https://github.com/grymer/CVE

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