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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.0516
IBM Security Bulletin: Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Robotic
Process Automation with Automation Anywhere (CVE-2018-2006)
20 February 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Robotic Process Automation
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Create Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-2006
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10794133
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Security Bulletin: Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process
Automation with Automation Anywhere (CVE-2018-2006)
Document information
More support for: IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere
Software version: 11.0
Operating system(s): Windows
Reference #: 0794133
Modified date: 19 February 2019
Summary
IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere is vulnerable to
directory traversal
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-2006
DESCRIPTION: IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 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 upload arbitrary files to the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities
/155008 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
|IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere|Affected Versions|
+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
|IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere|11.0 |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
Remediation/Fixes
+-------------------------+--------+-------+---------------------------------+
|Product |VRMF |APAR |Remediation / First Fix |
+-------------------------+--------+-------+---------------------------------+
|IBM Robotic Process | | |IBM Robotic Process Automation |
|Automation with |11.0.0.4|JR60391|with Automation Anywhere |
|Automation Anywhere | | |v11.0.0.4 ifix 001 |
+-------------------------+--------+-------+---------------------------------+
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Change History
19 February 2019: Original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES ""AS IS"" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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