# CVE-2016-0715: Information disclosure in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime

> Incomplete mitigation instructions for a previous vulnerability allow remote attackers to disclose sensitive information from specific Cloud Foundry buildpack applications.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rp33-25mp-qmv4

## What is CVE-2016-0715?

CVE-2016-0715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime, published on 11 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime version 1.4.0 through 1.4.5, 1.5.0 through 1.5.11 and 1.6.0 through 1.6.11 is vulnerable to a remote information disclosure. It was found that original mitigation configuration instructions provided as part of CVE-2016-0708 were incomplete and could leave PHP Buildpack, Staticfile Buildpack and potentially other custom Buildpack applications vulnerable to remote information disclosure. Affected applications use automated buildpack detection, serve files directly from the root of the application and have a buildpack that matched after the Java Buildpack in the system buildpack priority when Java Buildpack versions 2.0 through 3.4 were present.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0715?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-0715?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-0715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime

- [CVE-2017-2773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2773/): Auth bypass in PCF Elastic Runtime (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-4955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4955/): Information disclosure in PCF Elastic Runtime (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-4959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4959/): Auth bypass in PCF Elastic Runtime (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-6657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6657/): Open redirect in PCF Elastic Runtime 1.8.x versions prior to 1.8.12 and PCF Ops Manager 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.18 and 1.8.x versions prior to 1.8.10 (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2016-0896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0896/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-0715 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-0715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime, published on 11 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0715/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0715/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0715
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0715
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0715

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0715/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.