CVE-2015-4068

Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP): Directory Traversal

As of , CVE-2015-4068 in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 25 March 2022
US federal deadline
15 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.64Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.01 on 25 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Directory traversal vulnerability in Arcserve UDP allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

CISA's description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Arcserve UDP before 5.0 Update 4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via a crafted file path to the (1) reportFileServlet or (2) exportServlet servlet.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
29 May 2015
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
9.1 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

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