What is CVE-2019-4178?

CVE-2019-4178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2019-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-4178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2019-4178

IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11
Ibm Cognos_analytics

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)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4178?: CVE-2019-4178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2019-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-4178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.