What is CVE-2018-1618?

CVE-2018-1618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-1618?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager

CVE-2018-1618

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 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 arbi…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager — versions 2.1.1
Ibm Security_privileged_identity_manager — versions 2.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1618?: CVE-2018-1618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-1618?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.