Medium severity · published Sep 26, 2016
CVE-2016-6038
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…
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
5.3; 6.1; 7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6038
Mitigation
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887
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