# CVE-2014-6122: Path traversal in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can write to arbitrary folders and execute commands via modified arguments in IBM AppScan Enterprise.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hp43-2xcx-39hv

## What is CVE-2014-6122?

CVE-2014-6122 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 8.5 before 8.5 IFix 002, 8.6 before 8.6 IFix 004, 8.7 before 8.7 IFix 004, 8.8 before 8.8 iFix 003, 9.0 before 9.0.0.1 iFix 003, and 9.0.1 before 9.0.1 iFix 001 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary folders, and consequently execute arbitrary commands, via a modified argument.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6122?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Security Appscan, Ibm Security Appscan Source.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-6122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-6122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-6119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6119/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2016-9981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9981/): Other in Security AppScan Enterprise (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2014-0904](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0904/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2016-6042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6042/): Memory corruption in AppScan Enterprise (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2016-0288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0288/): XML external entity in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-6122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-6122 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2014-6122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6122/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-6122

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6122/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.