CVE-2016-2933 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2933?

CVE-2016-2933 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Nov 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2933?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Remote Control.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-2933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-2944 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2963 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-2929 Weak cryptography in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2016-2948 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-2930 Auth bypass in BigFix Remote Control High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r8m3-47wj-g6r4.