IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2978. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 (Business Process Management Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

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-2013-2988.

The weakness was shared 08/26/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2978 since 04/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83971) and SecurityFocus (BID 62006†). The entries VDB-64785 and VDB-64783 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Business Process Management Software

Vendor

Name

Cognos Business Intelligence

Version

10.1

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/12/2013 🔍
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03/24/2015 +575 days 🔍
02/20/2018 +1064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64784
X-Force: 83971 - IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Report Author information disclosure 1
SecurityFocus: 62006 - IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-2978 Access Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/20/2018 10:29
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (54), 02/20/2018 10:29 (2)
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