CVE-2017-7433

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2017-7433 · Published 18/05/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-7433 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting vibe (micro focus).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vibe micro_focus	`≤ 4.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

An absolute path traversal vulnerability (CWE-36) in Micro Focus Vibe 4.0.2 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files from the server by submitting a specially crafted request to the viewFile endpoint. Note that the attack can be performed without authentication if Guest access is enabled (Guest access is disabled by default).

References

novell.com/support/kb/doc.php

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