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CVE-2021-20517

Published: Jun 7, 2021

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.4

MEDIUM

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to read and delete arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 198435.

VendorProductVersions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server ND

affected
8.5
affected
9.0

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:L/C:L/I:H/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/PR:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C

User Interaction

None

Availability

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Scope

Unchanged

Privileges Required

Low

References

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