CVE-2007-0187 Path traversal in n/a

High 7.5 Published 11 Jan 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can bypass access controls to view restricted URLs in F5 FirePass using various encoding and traversal techniques.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-0187?

CVE-2007-0187 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

F5 FirePass 5.4 through 5.5.2 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to access restricted URLs via (1) a trailing null byte, (2) multiple leading slashes, (3) Unicode encoding, (4) URL-encoded directory traversal or same-directory characters, or (5) upper case letters in the domain name.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0187?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Firepass.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0187?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0187 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2007-0187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4hgg-446h-pr53.