CVE-2018-16716

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-05-02 20:29

Updated : 2019-05-03 19:07

NVD link : CVE-2018-16716

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16716

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16716

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nih

ncbi_toolbox

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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