CVE-2016-2289 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ICONICS WebHMI 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to read configuration files, and consequently discover password hashes, via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-04-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iconics:webhmi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3373	Directory traversal vulnerability in ICONICS WebHMI 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to read configuration files, and consequently discover password hashes, via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02402.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-091-01

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00776}`	epss `{'score': 0.01051}`

Subscriptions

Iconics Webhmi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2016-04-01T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:48.531Z

Reserved: 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2289

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-01T23:59:00.117

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:43:45.830

Link: CVE-2016-2289

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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