CVEs / CVE-2015-4068

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

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
critical 9.1 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 63.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Arcserve UDP allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 29 May 2015 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a n/a	n/a	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	25 Mar 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	15 Apr 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.1 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-22

References

CVE-2015-4068 on NVD
CVE-2015-4068 in the CISA KEV catalog
http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V5/ENU/Bookshelf_Files/HTML/Update%204/UDP_Update4_ReleaseNotes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74845 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-241/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-242/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4068 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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