CVE-2016-3972

Severity Score

2.7

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el dotTailLogServlet en dotCMS en versiones anteriores a 3.5.1 permite a administradores remotos autenticados leer archivos arbitrarios a través de un .. (punto punto) en el parámetro fileName.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-04-07 CVE Reserved
2016-04-18 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34	2016-04-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Dotcms Search vendor "Dotcms"		Dotcms Search vendor "Dotcms" for product "Dotcms"				<= 3.5 Search vendor "Dotcms" for product "Dotcms" and version " <= 3.5"		-		Affected