Advisory Details

November 10th, 2015

IBM System Networking Switch Center FileReader.jsp Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-7817
CVSS SCORE	7.1, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	System Networking Switch Center
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose information on vulnerable installations of IBM System Networking Switch Center. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaws exist within the IBM SNSC Web Service, which listens by default on ports 40080 (HTTP) or 40443 (HTTPS) for requests to the administration panel. The first is a race condition, which allows the for the temporary use of a fixed privileged account which is forbidden from interactive login, and the second is a directory traversal vulnerability in FileReader.jsp. By combining these two vulnerabilities, an attacker can read arbitrary text files on the system.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_2015_074
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-06-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-11-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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