What is CVE-2017-1548?

CVE-2017-1548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Sterling File Gateway, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-1548?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ibm Sterling File Gateway

CVE-2017-1548

IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Fo…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (66.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Sterling File Gateway — versions 2.2
Ibm Sterling_file_gateway — versions 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1548?: CVE-2017-1548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Sterling File Gateway, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-1548?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.