CVE-2016-6038

MEDIUM

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1 - Authenticated Path Traversal via Eclipse Help URL

Title source: llm

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0167

EPSS Percentile 74.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (3)

ibm/aix 5.3

ibm/aix 6.1

ibm/aix 7.1

Published Sep 26, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026