FKIE_CVE-2016-6038

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-26 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.ascMitigation, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.ascMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm aix 5.3
ibm aix 6.1
ibm aix 7.1
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