CVE-2016-5941

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.7
Description
IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing dot dot sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5941
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-01T22:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-05T20:41:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992072 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95438 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5941
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5941
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:35:00 2017-02-01T22:59Z 2017-02-01T22:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:35:00 2017-02-05T20:41:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:35:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated