IBM AIX WebSM getCommand.new Local Traversal Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3341

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a local 'directory traversal' flaw.

Description

The remote host is running the IBM AIX WebSM, a web-based system manager. This version of WebSM is vulnerable to a flaw where local users can gain access to potentially confidential data by passing a malformed query to the getCommand.new utility. Specifically, a request for a file like '../../../../<filename>' will retrieve the file as if the system manager had requested it.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3341

Family: CGI

Published: 1/2/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0133

BID: 16103, 16102

Detections

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