CVE-2015-7820

HIGH 7.1CVE-2015-7820 · Published 12/11/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-7820 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability affecting system networking switch center (ibm), switch center (lenovo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
system networking switch center ibm	`≤ 7.3.1.4`	No fix yet
switch center lenovo	`≤ 8.1.1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Race condition in the administration-panel web service in IBM System Networking Switch Center (SNSC) before 7.3.1.5 and Lenovo Switch Center before 8.1.2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain privileged-account access, and consequently provide ZipDownload.jsp input containing directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files, via a request to port 40080 or 40443.

References

zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-554
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_2015_074 · Vendor Advisory

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