CVE-2016-9710 Path traversal in Cognos Business Intelligence
Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in IBM Cognos BI to read sensitive local files via crafted URLs.
- 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-2016-9710?
CVE-2016-9710 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, published on 7 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Predictive Solutions Foundation (formerly PMQ) could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL to specify a file from the local system, which could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 119618.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9710?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence Server.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9710?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9710 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-2016-9710 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5pv7-p9r3-2cwx.