National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5116
Original release date:11/18/2008
Last revised:08/13/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in idm/includes/helpServer.jsp in Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 through 6.0 SP4, 7.0, and 7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files in the filesystem of the IDM server via directory traversal sequences in the ext parameter.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 243386
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: sun-jsim-unspecified-security-bypass(46554)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021170
External Source: BID
Name: 32262
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081119 PR08-09: Unauthenticated File Retrieval on Sun Java System Identity Manager "ext" parameter
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR08-09.php
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3128
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32606
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 49767