CVE-2015-4068: Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
EPSS: 63.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Arcserve UDP before 5.0 Update 4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via a crafted file path to the (1) reportFileServlet or (2) exportServlet servlet.

Affected products

Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP): before 5.0; 5.0 — fixed in 5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) 5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V5/ENU/Bookshelf_Files/HTML/Update%204/UDP_Update4_ReleaseNotes.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74845
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-241/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-242/
http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V5/ENU/Bookshelf_Files/HTML/Update%204/UDP_Update4_ReleaseNotes.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74845
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-241/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-242/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4068

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