CVE-2021-20517

IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories

Medium · published June 7, 2021

CVSS v3.0
6.4
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.4 · MEDIUM
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
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01860 · 79.1th percentile
Published
2021-06-07T14:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUN 14:05Z
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories
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