Path traversal in MySQL Enterprise Monitor - CVE-2016-9878

 

Path traversal in MySQL Enterprise Monitor - CVE-2016-9878

Published: April 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12008
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9878
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
MySQL Enterprise Monitor

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a physical authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper sanitization of paths provided to the ResourceServlet. A physical attacker can trigger path traversal and gain access to potentially sensitive information.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9878

Install update from vendor's website.

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