CVE-2024-56340

Feb. 28, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

6.5
Medium

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
IBM Cognos Analytics
  • ['11.2.0', '11.2.1', '11.2.2', '11.2.3', '11.2.4 FP1', '11.2.4 FP2', '11.2.4 FP3', '11.2.4 FP4', '11.2.4 FP5']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-23
Relative Path Traversal
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183676

Tags

psirt@us.ibm.com
CWE-23
2025-02-28
CVE-2024-56340

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 28, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 28, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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More info

Source

psirt@us.ibm.com

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