What is CVE-2016-5332?

CVE-2016-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Log Insight, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-5332?

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

Path Traversal in VMware Vrealize Log Insight

CVE-2016-5332

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.x and 3.x before 3.6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2016-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Vrealize Log Insight — versions 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619 (vdb-entry)
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0011.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92448 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5332?: CVE-2016-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Log Insight, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-5332?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.