Vulnerability CVE-2005-1238
Published: 2005-05-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a restricted document root, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Iseries as 400 

 References:
http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/20260
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