CVE-2016-6038

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Eclipse Help in IBM Tivoli Lightweight Infrastructure (aka LWI), as used in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-6038

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-09-26T17:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-07-30T01:29:09

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:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6038
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6038

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:50				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:23:46	2016-09-26T17:59Z	2016-09-26T17:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:23:46		2017-07-30T01:29:09	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:23:46		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated