CVE-2016-3972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-04-18

Score: 2.7 Low

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4981	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01468.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36

History

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Subscriptions

Dotcms Dotcms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-18T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.823Z

Reserved: 2016-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3972

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-18T15:59:04.143

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:46:39.497

Link: CVE-2016-3972

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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