CVE-2015-7817 describes a race condition vulnerability in IBM System Networking Switch Center and Lenovo Switch Center versions prior to 7.3.1.5 and 8.1.2.0 respectively. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain privileged access, enabling them to use directory traversal sequences within FileReader.jsp input to read arbitrary text files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete confidentiality impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:system_networking_switch_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:switch_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.