CVE-2023-47702 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.3, as well as systems running Linux and Microsoft operating systems. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences to view or modify arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability poses a high risk to confidentiality and integrity due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Currently, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.