CVE-2020-5001
IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.0 through 3.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.0 through 3.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 192953.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- ibm/financial transaction manager
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192953VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958504Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192953VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958504Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.