IBM Campaign 9.1.2/10.1 Request path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Campaign 9.1.2/10.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with the input /../ as part of Request leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-4384. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Campaign 9.1.2/10.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with the input value /../ leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Campaign 9.1.2 and 10.1 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 arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 162172.

The weakness was disclosed 06/19/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-4384 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/06/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• IBM

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• Campaign

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• 9.1.2
• 10.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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