Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware CapacityIQ 1.5.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
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.
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html | vendor advisory |
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html | mailing list |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55808 | vdb entry |