PT-2017-14201 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Portal

Published 2017-09-27 · Updated 2017-10-06 · CVE-2017-1577

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Portal versions 7.0 through 9.0

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system by sending a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Recommendations For IBM WebSphere Portal versions 7.0 through 9.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1577

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Portal

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1577 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008586 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101017 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039405 · Note