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CVE-2015-6940

Published: Sep 22, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The GetResource servlet in Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Suite 4.5.x, 4.8.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x and Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) Suite 4.3.x, 4.4.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x does not restrict access to files in the pentaho-solutions/system folder, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords and other sensitive information via a file name in the resource parameter.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

20150916 Fwd: [CVE-2015-6940] Pentaho GA PDI & GA BA - Improper authentication allows unauthenticated access to configuration files

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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133601/Pentaho-5.2.x-BA-Suite-PDI-Information-Disclosure.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://support.pentaho.com/entries/78884125-Security-Vulnerability-Announcement-Feb-2015

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