CVE-2013-2978 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence versions 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2, and 10.2.1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users with Report Author privileges to read arbitrary files on the server. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and only partial confidentiality impact, with no integrity or availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
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