A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 (Business Process Management Software). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the server in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2, and 10.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read files by leveraging the Report Author privilege, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2978.

The weakness was published 08/26/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2988 since 04/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (84010). Similar entries are available at 64784 and 64783.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• Cognos Business Intelligence

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