CVE-2017-1548
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system...
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 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: 131288.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 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: 131288.
- Record
CVE-2017-1548- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 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: 131288.
- Record
CVE-2017-1548- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10564 No score
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 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: 131288.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10564- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-362q-23mx-jwxw
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system...
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 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: 131288.
- Record
GHSA-362q-23mx-jwxw- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1548 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Sterling File Gateway, published December 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.17%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.