CVE-2017-1497

low

Published 2017-12-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

3.7

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.7

Description

IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2 could allow an unauthorized user to view files they should not have access to providing they know the directory location of the file. IBM X-Force ID: 128695.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here with source_tier=community-verified.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	sterling_file_gateway	`2.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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

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