CVE-2018-16716 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.

Published: 2019-05-02

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 8.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0857.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md

History

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Subscriptions

Nih Ncbi Toolbox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-02T19:19:48.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.963Z

Reserved: 2018-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16716

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-02T20:29:00.307

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:44:42.103

Link: CVE-2018-16716

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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