IBM FileNet Content Manager directory traversal

Affected versions

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

• ibm filenet content manager5.5.10
• ibm filenet content manager5.5.11
• ibm filenet content manager5.5.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• IBM Filenet Content Manager

  • 5.5.8.0, 5.5.10.0, 5.5.11.0affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2021-38965IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.5.4, 5.5.6, and 5.5.7 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system
  36Monitor
• CVE-2020-4759IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.5.4 and 5.5.5 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection.
  32Monitor
• CVE-2018-1844IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2.1 and 5.5.0 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.
  29Monitor
• CVE-2018-1542IBM FileNet Content Manager, IBM Content Foundation, and IBM Case Foundation Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) 5.2.1
  29Monitor
• CVE-2010-3320Open redirect vulnerability in IBM Records Manager (RM) 4.5.x before 4.5.1.1-IER-FP001 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrar
  27Monitor
• CVE-2023-35905IBM FileNet Content Manager cross-site scripting
  21Monitor

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.