CVE-2018-15502
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInsecure permissions in Lone Wolf Technologies loadingDOCS 2018-08-13 allow remote attackers to download any confidential files via https requests for predictable URLs.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceLone Wolf Technologies loadingDOCS has insecure file permission controls that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to download confidential files by predicting URLs. The application fails to enforce proper authorization checks on file download requests, enabling unauthorized access to sensitive documents.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2018-08-13CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if loadingDOCS is deployedInventory your web applications and confirm the presence of Lone Wolf Technologies loadingDOCS in your environmentAffected if loadingDOCS is present and matches version 2018-08-13
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Verify the installed versionCheck the application version displayed in the software or its about/configuration page, or query the application binary for its version stringAffected if The version equals 2018-08-13 exactly
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Test unauthenticated file download accessAttempt to access file download URLs within the loadingDOCS application without providing any login credentialsAffected if Files can be downloaded without authentication
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Assess URL predictabilityDownload multiple files and examine the URL patterns to determine if file identifiers are sequential, incremental, or otherwise predictableAffected if File URLs use sequential IDs, predictable naming schemes, or guessable identifiers
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Check for authorization enforcementLog in with a restricted user account and attempt to access files belonging to other users or restricted directoriesAffected if Unauthorized access is granted to files outside the authenticated users permitted scope
You are affected if loadingDOCS version 2018-08-13 is running and file downloads are accessible without authentication or use predictable URL identifiers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authentication and authorization checks for all file download endpoints, ensuring users can only access files they are explicitly permitted to view. Additionally, implement unpredictable file identifiers and restrict file system permissions.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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