IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:67340

Info

IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 67340
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-0918
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 08 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 01 2014 01:23AM
Credit: Filippo Roncari
Vulnerable: IBM Websphere Portal 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

IBM Eclipse Help System is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.

Remote attackers can use specially crafted requests with directory-traversal sequences ('../') to read arbitrary files in the context of the application. This may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

IBM Eclipse Help System CVE-2014-0918 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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