PT-2019-9245 · Ibm · Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

Published 2019-04-02 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1618

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 Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance version 2.2.1

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 Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance version 2.2.1, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Avoid using URL requests that contain dot dot sequences (../) in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1618

Affected Products

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

References · 4

• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1618 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1618 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144343 · Vendor Advisory