01 Record
CVE-2017-1577
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-09-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-11-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 61a56f1cafe461f250546e96aa72e38cb09d7f285dcfa33ce069ee1c405b7b22
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132117
- www.securityfocus.com101017http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101017
- www.securitytracker.com1039405http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039405
- www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008586