CVE-2024-4556 (GCVE-0-2024-4556)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-28 06:27 – Updated: 2024-08-28 13:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Directory traversal vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager
Summary
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Access Manager allows access the sensitive information. This issue affects NetIQ Access Manager before 5.0.4 and before 5.1.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-28 13:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenText | NetIQ Access Manager |
Affected:
5.0.4.1 , < < =
(server)
Affected: 5.1 , < < (server) |
guessed | |
| netiq | access_manager |
Affected:
0 , < 5.0.4.1
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 5.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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