Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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IBM System Director Agent DLL Injection
exploit/windows/misc/ibm_director_cim_dllinject
Exploit-DB 3
- IBM System Director Agent - DLL Injection (Metasploit) EDB-23203 · remote · Dec 7, 2012 · verified
- IBM System Director Agent - Remote System Level EDB-23074 · remote · Dec 2, 2012
- IBM System Director Agent 5.20 - CIM Server Privilege Escalation EDB-32845 · local · Mar 10, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2009-0656 vdb-entry
- 52616 vdb-entry
- 20090310 SEC Consult SA-20090305-2 :: IBM Director CIM Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability mailing-list
- 34065 vdb-entry
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt
- 34212 third-party-advisory
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8
- director-cim-directory-traversal(49286) vdb-entry