CVE-2016-5754 Information disclosure in NetIQ Access Manager

What is CVE-2016-5754?

CVE-2016-5754 is a high-severity vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager, published on 23 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Presence of a .htaccess file could leak information in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before SP2.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5754?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netiq Access Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5754?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in NetIQ Access Manager

• CVE-2018-1342 File upload in NetIQ Access Manager, Administrative Console Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14803 Code injection in NetIQ Access Manager Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5757 Information disclosure in NetIQ Access Manager Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5750 File upload in NetIQ iManager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-5758 Cross-site request forgery in NetIQ Access Manager High 8.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-37ff-x2xh-cxcr.