CVE-2016-4314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LogViewer Admin Service in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the logFile parameter to downloadgz-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

Published: 2017-02-16

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: 12.4% Moderate

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:wso2:carbon:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
Github GHSA	GHSA-mjww-vqqw-v78q	WSO2 Carbon directory traversal vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.12352.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-LOCAL-FILE-INCLUSION.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138330/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Local-File-Inclusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539200/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0098
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40240/

History

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Subscriptions

Wso2 Carbon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-02-16T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.191Z

Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4314

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-17T02:59:12.000

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:47:20.017

Link: CVE-2016-4314

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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