CVE-2014-6194: ibm change_and_configuration_management_database Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-6194 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Path Traversal vulnerability in ibm change_and_configuration_management_database. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 17-02-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in an unspecified web form in IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.6 IFIX007, Maximo Asset Management 7.5.0 through 7.5.0.3 and 7.5.1 through 7.5.1.2 for SmartCloud Control Desk, and Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.2 for Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT and certain other products allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.