CVE-2015-6940 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the GetResource servlet of Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Suite versions 4.5.x through 5.2.x and Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) Suite versions 4.3.x through 5.2.x. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and retrieve sensitive files, including passwords, from the pentaho-solutions/system folder by specifying a filename in the resource parameter. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to a partial loss of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.