What is CVE-2017-5182?

CVE-2017-5182 is a high-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus International Open Enterprise Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-5182?

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

Path Traversal in Micro Focus International Open Enterprise Server

CVE-2017-5182

Remote Manager in Open Enterprise Server (OES) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read any arbitrary file, via a specially crafted URL, that allows complete directory traversal and total information disclosure. This vulnerability is present on all versions of OES for linux, it applies to OES2015 SP1 before Maintenance Update 11080, OES2015 before Maintenance Update 11079, OES11 SP3 before Maintenance Update 11078, OES11 SP2 before Maintenance Update 11077).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th 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

Micro Focus International Open Enterprise Server — versions All
Novell Open_enterprise_server — versions 2.0, 2015, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@opentext.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@opentext.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5182?: CVE-2017-5182 is a high-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus International Open Enterprise Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-5182?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.