What is CVE-2016-2872?

CVE-2016-2872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-2872?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2016-2872

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2.x before 7.2.7 and QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.x before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager — versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2
Ibm Security_qradar_incident_forensics — versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2872?: CVE-2016-2872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-2872?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.