Path traversal in vSphere Data Protection - CVE-2017-15550
Published: January 2, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9827
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15550
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to view contents of arbitrary file.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the user-supplied data. A remote authenticated attacker with low privileges can use path traversal characters (e.g. "../") to view contents of arbitrary file on the filesystem.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the user-supplied data. A remote authenticated attacker with low privileges can use path traversal characters (e.g. "../") to view contents of arbitrary file on the filesystem.
Affected software
vSphere Data Protection
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15550
Install the latest version 6.0.7 or 6.1.6.