CVE-2012-2202

low

Published 2012-07-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in javatester_init.php in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, and 2.8 and IBM ISS Proventia Network Mail Security System allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the template parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20368 webapps windows verified

muts · 2012-08-08

IBM Proventia Network Mail Security System 2.5 - POST File Read

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	lotus_protector_for_mail_security	`2.1`
ibm	lotus_protector_for_mail_security	`2.5`
ibm	lotus_protector_for_mail_security	`2.5.1`
ibm	lotus_protector_for_mail_security	`2.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.