Low severity · published Apr 18, 2016
CVE-2016-3972
Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a
2.7
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
through 3.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3972
Vendor Advisory
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36
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