CVE-2014-0871

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Published 2014-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

RICOS in IBM Algo Credit Limits (aka ACLM) 4.5.0 through 4.7.0 before 4.7.0.03 FP5 in IBM Algorithmics allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive Tomcat stack-trace information via non-printing characters in a cookie to the /classes/ URI, as demonstrated by the \x00 character.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33942 webapps jsp

SEC Consult · 2014-07-01

IBM Algorithmics RICOS 4.5.0 < 4.7.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	algo_credit_limits	`4.5.0`
ibm	algo_credit_limits	`4.7.0`
ibm	algorithmics	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.