SB2016092304 - Information disclosure in IBM AIX
Published: September 23, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092304
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6038)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to directory traversal flaw. By submission of specially crafted URL attackers can easily view arbitrary files.
Successfull exploitation of the vulnerability may result in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.