Directory traversal vulnerability in WebSEAL in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1.1 before 6.1.1-TIV-AWS-FP0001 on AIX allows rem

Affected versions

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

• ibm tivoli access manager for e-business6.1.1

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2004-2558Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director 3.8, Access Manager for e-business 3.9 to 5.1, Access Manager Identity Man
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• CVE-2017-1489IBM Security Access Manager 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 e-community configurations may be affected by a redirect vulnerability.
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• CVE-2006-0513Directory traversal vulnerability in pkmslogout in Tivoli Web Server Plug-in 5.1.0.10 in Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) 5.1 allows remote attac
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• CVE-2011-0494Directory traversal vulnerability in WebSEAL in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 5.1 before 5.1.0.39-TIV-AWS-IF0040, 6.0 before 6.0.
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• CVE-2010-4120Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the TAM console in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1.0 before 6.1.0-TIV-TA
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• CVE-2008-5257webseald in WebSEAL 6.0.0.17 in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang
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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.