VDB-90596 · CVE-2016-2914 · BID 92334

IBM Rational Publishing Engine up to 2.0.1 Document Builder unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Rational Publishing Engine up to 2.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Document Builder. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-2914. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Rational Publishing Engine up to 2.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Document Builder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Document Builder in IBM Rational Publishing Engine (aka RPENG) 2.0.1 before ifix002 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by specifying an unexpected file extension.

The weakness was released 08/08/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2914 since 03/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92334†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-90595. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

03/09/2016 🔍
08/04/2016 +148 days 🔍
08/07/2016 +3 days 🔍
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03/25/2025 +3151 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2914 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2914
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90596
SecurityFocus: 92334 - IBM Rational Publishing Engine CVE-2016-2914 Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2016 15:16
Updated: 03/25/2025 16:58
Changes: 08/08/2016 15:16 (43), 03/21/2019 20:08 (11), 03/25/2025 16:58 (30)
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