Potential Local File Read Vulnerability In JVM Based Application

Title: Potential Local File Read Vulnerability In JVM Based Application
Status: test
Description:Detects potential local file read vulnerability in JVM based apps. If the exceptions are caused due to user input and contain path traversal payloads then it's a red flag.
References:
  -https://www.wix.engineering/post/threat-and-vulnerability-hunting-with-application-server-error-logs
Author: Moti Harmats
Date: 2023-02-11
modified:None
Tags:

• -'attack.initial-access'
• -'attack.t1190'

Logsource:

• category: application
• product: jvm
• definition: Requirements: application error logs must be collected (with LOG_LEVEL=ERROR and above)

Detection:
  keywords_local_file_read:
    |all:
      -'FileNotFoundException'
      -'/../../..'

  condition:keywords_local_file_read
Falsepositives:
  -Application bugs
Level: high