CVE-2016-5332 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5332?

CVE-2016-5332 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5332?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vrealize Log Insight.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5332?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5332 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-2016-5332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-31704 Missing authorization in vRealize Log Insight (vRLI) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-31706 Path traversal in vRealize Log Insight (vRLI) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2082 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31710 Deserialization in vRealize Log Insight (vRLI) High 7.5
• CVE-2022-31703 Path traversal in vRealize Log Insight (vRLI) High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qhfq-g7p8-w39w.