CVE-2014-8924 (GCVE-0-2014-8924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-20 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33
VLAI
Summary
The server in IBM License Metric Tool 7.2.2 before IF15 and 7.5 before IF24 and Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.2.2 before IF15 and 7.5 before IF24 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032275 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-04-30 00:00
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