CVE-2018-16716 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	9.1 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 97%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
nih	ncbi_toolbox	2.0.7 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.2.26

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References

https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md

https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md