CVE-2016-3972

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Low 2.7

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-3972

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-04-18T15:59:04

Last Modified Date
2016-04-20T01:18:40

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms::::::::	1	OR		3.5

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.7

Base Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
1.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34	Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36	Exploit

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3972
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3972

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:17:09				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:03:39	2016-04-18T15:59Z	2016-04-18T15:59:04	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:03:39		2016-04-20T01:18:40	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:03:39		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated