CVE-2018-16716

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En viewcgi.c existe una vulnerabilidad de paso de ruta en las versiones desde la 2.0.7 hasta la 2.2.26 de NCBI ToolBox, que puede dar lugar a la lectura de archivos arbitrarios (es decir, a la divulgación de información importante) o a la eliminación de archivos mediante la cadena de consulta nph-viewgif.cgi.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-08 CVE Reserved
2019-05-02 CVE Published
2024-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md	Third Party Advisory

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nih Search vendor "Nih"		Ncbi Toolbox Search vendor "Nih" for product "Ncbi Toolbox"				>= 2.0.7 <= 2.2.26 Search vendor "Nih" for product "Ncbi Toolbox" and version " >= 2.0.7 <= 2.2.26"		-		Affected