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01 Record

CVE-2019-4423

IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot"

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/I:N/UI:N/C:L/A:N/AC:L/PR:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

02 Description

IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot"

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
2.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 85.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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
2019-09-30 15:20Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:18Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-01-03
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/I:N/UI:N/C:L/A:N/AC:L/PR: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
d5fa4a6d98c8f41692929d2d17556ff86d3f52c6997e63923e5dcfea87cb5145

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSterling File Gateway2.2.0.0, 6.0.1.0—

06 References