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CVE-2015-6940

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The GetResource servlet in Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Suite 4.5.x, 4.8.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x and Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) Suite 4.3.x, 4.4.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x does not restrict access to files in the pentaho-solutions/system folder, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords and other sensitive information via a file name in the resource parameter.

Affected products

• Pentaho Business Analytics: 4.5, 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
• Pentaho Data Integration: 4.3, 4.4, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133601/Pentaho-5.2.x-BA-Suite-PDI-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536477/100/0/threaded
• https://support.pentaho.com/entries/78884125-Security-Vulnerability-Announcement-Feb-2015
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133601/Pentaho-5.2.x-BA-Suite-PDI-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536477/100/0/threaded
• https://support.pentaho.com/entries/78884125-Security-Vulnerability-Announcement-Feb-2015

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