Directory traversal vulnerability in EMC RSA enVision 4.x before 4.1 Patch 4 allows remote authenticated users to have an unspecified impact

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• rsa envision4.0
• rsa envision4.1

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2012-0402EMC RSA enVision 4.x before 4.1 Patch 4 uses unspecified hardcoded credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access
  38Monitor
• CVE-2012-0400EMC RSA enVision 4.x before 4.1 Patch 4 does not properly restrict the number of failed authentication attempts, which makes it easier for r
  31Monitor
• CVE-2012-0401Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in EMC RSA enVision 4.x before 4.1 Patch 4 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL
  26Monitor
• CVE-2011-4143EMC RSA enVision 4.0 before SP4 P5 and 4.1 before P3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about environment variables in
  20Monitor
• CVE-2011-2737RSA enVision 3.x and 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, related to an "arbitrary f
  20Monitor
• CVE-2011-2736RSA enVision 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 places cleartext administrative credentials in Task Escalation e-mail messages, which allows remote attacke
  20Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.