IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system.

published 2020-02-04 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14281

cvss: 6.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 171510.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288714 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/S:C/PR:H/C:H/UI:N/I:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Manager

Classification

Weakness

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

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/1288714
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/171510
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-4674
NVD CVE-2019-4674

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