CVE-2016-9164 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-9164?

CVE-2016-9164 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in diag.jsp file in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor) 8.4 SP1 and earlier and CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9164?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ca Unified Infrastructure Management.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9164 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-2016-9164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2018-13821 Missing authorization in Unified Infrastructure Management Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-13819 Hardcoded credentials in Unified Infrastructure Management High 7.5
• CVE-2018-13820 Hardcoded credentials in Unified Infrastructure Management High 7.5
• CVE-2016-9165 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-3mp6-r5gq-47xq.