# CVE-2012-3337: Path traversal in InfoSphere Guardium

> Remote attackers can traverse directories to download arbitrary files from IBM InfoSphere Guardium servers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/I:N/S:U/PR:N/C:L/UI:N/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vj6v-j788-xf8c

## What is CVE-2012-3337?

CVE-2012-3337 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Guardium, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to download arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 78284.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3337?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Infosphere Guardium.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere Guardium

- [CVE-2013-0490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0490/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2012-3309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3309/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-3341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3341/): Cross-site scripting in InfoSphere Guardium (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2012-3336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3336/): SQL injection in InfoSphere Guardium (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2012-2204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2204/): InfoSphere Guardium aix_ktap module: DoS (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3337 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Guardium, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM InfoSphere Guardium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3337/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3337

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