CVE-2011-5157 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory of Attachmate Reflection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-5157?
CVE-2011-5157 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Attachmate Reflection before 14.1 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a related issue to CVE-2011-0107. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-5157?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Attachmate Reflection for Hp, Attachmate Reflection for Ibm, Attachmate Reflection for Regis Graphics Server, Attachmate Reflection for Unix and Openvms, Attachmate Reflection X.
How do I fix CVE-2011-5157?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-5157 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-2011-5157 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5157 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x9r-7w9v-hwjw.