What is CVE-2015-1977?

CVE-2015-1977 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Directory Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-1977?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Security Directory Server

CVE-2015-1977

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Administration tool in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) before 6.1.0.74-ISS-ISDS-IF0074, 6.2.x before 6.2.0.50-ISS-ISDS-IF0050, and 6.3.x before 6.3.0.43-ISS-ISDS-IF0043 and IBM Security Directory Server (ISDS) before 6.3.1.18-ISS-ISDS-IF0018 and 6.4.x before 6.4.0.9-ISS-ISDS-IF0009 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Security_directory_server — versions 6.4.0, 6.4.0.0, 6.4.0.1
Ibm Tivoli_directory_server — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.0.0, 6.2.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1977?: CVE-2015-1977 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Directory Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-1977?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.