PT-2018-14176 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Published 2018-10-12 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1770

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server versions 7.0 through 9.0, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1770

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 6

• 🔥 https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-30 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1770 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1770 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729521 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041874 · Note