Directory traversal vulnerability in Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitr…

published 2014-06-20 12y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-4434

cvss: 6.4; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

Directory traversal vulnerability in Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dst parameter to tftp/fetch_boot_file.

Patch / fix

links 1

projects.theforeman.org/issues/6086 patch

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Exploit prediction

2.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

projects.theforeman.org /issues/6086
patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-4507
NVD CVE-2014-4507

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