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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-14924

An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).

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31 Oct 2026, 11:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-14924

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).

osv:CVE-2019-14924
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-14924",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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      ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:42.649187465Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/issues/433",
        "https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/commit/02738433bf2e1b820ef48f04edd15df304081802",
        "https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383755,
  "published_at": "2019-08-10T19:15:10.92+00:00"
}