PT-2024-12491 · Ibm · Ibm Sterling Control Center

Published 2024-01-18 · Updated 2024-01-24 · CVE-2023-35020

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Sterling Control Center version 6.3.0

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

Recommendations For IBM Sterling Control Center version 6.3.0, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional validation on URL requests to prevent directory traversal attacks. 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-2023-35020

Affected Products

Ibm Sterling Control Center

References · 8

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257874 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35020 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67952 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68603 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1748232436301926517 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1748165359939588290 · Twitter Post