CVE-2018-16716

high-risk
Published 2019-05-02

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.

Do I need to act?

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44.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 55% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nih

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal