#VU15958 Path traversal in IBM Algo Credit Manager - CVE-2018-1656

 

#VU15958 Path traversal in IBM Algo Credit Manager - CVE-2018-1656

Published: November 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15958
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1656
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM Algo Credit Manager
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficient protection of path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. A remote attacker can conduct directory traversal attack and extract compressed dump files.

Remediation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 5.2.0.5 IF6, 5.3.0.5 IF12, 5.4.3 IF 2.

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