CVE-2001-0982

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Tivoli WebSEAL Policy Director 3.01 through 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or directories via encoded .. (dot dot) sequences containing "%2e" strings.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.76% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory tivoli.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0497.html	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY18152&apar=only	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.tivoli.com/support/patches/patches_3.7.1/3.7.1-POL-0003/3.7.1-POL-0003.README	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3080	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6884	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/1908	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0982?: CVE-2001-0982 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0982?: To fix CVE-2001-0982, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0982 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-0982 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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