CVE-2016-6038

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Eclipse Help in IBM Tivoli Lightweight Infrastructure (aka LWI), as used in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.ascMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.ascMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887

Timeline

Published: Sep 26, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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