CVE-2016-5803

HIGH

CA Unified Infrastructure Management <8.47 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-315-01

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94243

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20161109-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-mgmt.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6

EPSS 0.0231

EPSS Percentile 81.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (2)

ca_technologies/unified_infrastructure_management < 8.47

n/a/CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.47 and earlier CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.47 and earlier

Published Feb 13, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026