IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Directory Traversal Vulnerability​


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an unknown input validation error, which could be exploited to conduct directory traversal attacks and read the contents of arbitrary files.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business version 6.1.0.5 and priorIBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business version 6.0.0.25 and priorIBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business version 5.1.0.39 and prior
     
Solution   Apply patches : http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21459999
     
CVE   CVE-2011-0494
     
References   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21459999
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-01-18 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote