CVE-2018-1847 Path traversal in Financial Transaction Manager

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Sep 2019 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can traverse directories via crafted URLs to view arbitrary files on IBM Financial Transaction Manager servers.

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

What is CVE-2018-1847?

CVE-2018-1847 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, published on 18 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Multi-Platform (MP) v2.0.0.0 through 2.0.0.5, v2.1.0.0 through 2.1.0.4, v2.1.1.0 through 2.1.1.4, and v3.0.0.0 through 3.0.0.8 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 view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 150946.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1847?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Financial Transaction Manager for Multiplatform.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1847?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1847 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-2018-1847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rghw-jqfj-82f4.