What is CVE-2016-5946?

CVE-2016-5946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5946?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ibm Spectrum Control

CVE-2016-5946

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.016 (73.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum_control — versions 5.2.8, 5.2.9, 5.2.10
Ibm Tivoli_storage_productivity_center — versions 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5946?: CVE-2016-5946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.