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CVE-2016-9164

CA Unified Infrastructure Management diag Path Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in diag.jsp file in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor) 8.4 SP1 and earlier and CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el archivo diag.jsp en CA Unified Infrastructure Management (anteriormente CA Nimsoft Monitor) 8.4 SP1 y versiones anteriores y CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap (anteriormente CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap) permite a atacantes remotos leer archivos arbitrarios a través de vectores no especificados.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information from vulnerable installations of CA Unified Infrastructure Management. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within processing of the diag.jsp servlet. The servlet is vulnerable to directory traversal and can be used to exfiltrate sensitive system files from the system.

CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to three vulnerabilities in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft). The first vulnerability, CVE-2016-9165, involves insecure handling of sessions IDs. A remote attacker can potentially acquire a session ID and bypass authentication or elevate privileges. The second vulnerability, CVE-2016-9164, is a path traversal information disclosure vulnerability associated with the diag.jsp file. A remote attacker can potentially access sensitive information. The third vulnerability, CVE-2016-5803, is a path traversal information disclosure vulnerability associated with the download_lar.jsp file. A remote attacker can potentially access sensitive information. CA Technologies has assigned Medium and High risk ratings to these vulnerabilities. Solutions are available.

*Credits: rgod
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-11-03 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-11-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Ca
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Unified Infrastructure Management
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<= 8.4
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sp1
Affected