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01 Record

CVE-2019-4178

IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:H/C:L/UI:N/AC:H/PR:L/A:L/S:U/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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02 Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM

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
3.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.1 (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:H/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
2019-04-15 14:55Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:28Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-01-03
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/I:H/C:L/UI:N/AC:H/PR:L/A:L/S:U/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9c1eb527db50c0cb7f05b0a078299e62b6dd2e3c0cb5465c19d452704f8d2c15

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMCognos Analytics11—

06 References